The link below is to an article reporting on another attempt to make a virtual library online with digital books. The Digital Public Library of America is currently raising funds for the project.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/07/30/digital-public-library/
How do you move 50 000 books from an old library building into the new library building? In the Uintah County Library it is done by forming a human chain.
For more visit:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765590083/Hundreds-form-a-human-chain-in-Vernal-to-move-50000-library-books.html
The link below is to a gallery of great library photos.
For more visit:
http://www.seelbachfotografie.de/Seiten/Bibliotheken.html
The link below is to a gallery of retro library posters from 1960s.
For more visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/sets/72157623618957199/with/4480094816/
The link below is to a great article about an Austrian town that has turned itself into a virtual library. It’s a brilliant idea.
For more visit:
Virtual Library
The link below is to an article that reports on 11 great libraries in Africa, starting with the Library of Alexandria.
For more visit:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/133039
The link below reports on the recovery of the stolen Codex Calixtinus, a 12th century manuscript that was stolen from a library in Spain’s Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela a year ago.
For more visit:
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2012/07/codex-calixtinus-recovered.phtml
The link below is to an article about an abandoned library in an abandoned house in the United Kingdom. All I can say – what a waste.
For more visit:
http://boingboing.net/2012/07/07/library-in-abandoned-house.html.
The link below is to an article reporting on how an abandoned Walmart became a public library – the McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas.
For more visit:
http://grist.org/list/this-abandoned-walmart-has-been-reclaimed-as-a-public-library/
The link below is to an article that looks at 8 amazing libraries in Asia (includes photos).
For more visit:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/130804
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