Stunning and Timeless Libraries
New York Public Library
In the Denver library and others like it, reference desks and study carrels have been replaced by rooms where kids can play Guitar Hero. Overdue book fines have been eliminated, and the arcane Dewey Decimal System has been scrapped in favor of bookstore-like sections organized by topic.
As libraries reinvent themselves in response to our online environment and changing reading habits, let’s pause to savor some of our most beautiful libraries and their role in our lives.
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Library at El Real Monasterio de El Escorial – Madrid
Mitchel Library Sydney
London Library after Blitz
Melk Monastery Library – Melk, Austria
Cincinnatti and Hamilton County Public Library – 1874
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at University of Toronto
New York Public Library
(Photo credits in order of appearance: New York Library- Eugene Pastor Benjumeda, Yale University- Lauren Manning, Madrid – cueller, Sydney – Christopher Chan, London – Pixdaus, Melk – Pixdaus, Cincinnitti – Pixdaus, Toronto – Pixdaus, New York – Pixdaus)
Posted on 13. Dec, 2010 by Patricia in Living
