When I was four or five my mother took me to the head branch of my local library to register for a library card. The seemingly enormous confines of the library with all of its wondrous materials opened up a new world for me, a world I would have not experienced otherwise given my family's rather meager means. Visiting the library each week was a high point in my young life as I wandered the shelves finding new and fascinating books on so many things which interested me. I equally loved my school library and the wonderfully patient librarian who assisted me during class visits despite my constant need for materials beyond the scope of my reading abilities. My love affair with libraries grew into my present career as a librarian in a library truly beyond the scope of any high school library I have visited. Today I took a number of pictures capturing the beauty and breadth of the Carlyle Fraser Library to complement a number of links and books celebrating libraries and their aesthetic beauty. This post is for all the library fiends like myself who grew up in libraries and still find something amazing in both the mission and the beauty of a library.
- Christopher Bishop
Websites:
A wonderful site collecting library images and links to additional resources
A wonderful geography and architecture blog with a tremendous post on library images
An in-progress repository of images with some overlooked libraries in America
A library image slide show
Books Owned by The CFL:
The Most Beautiful Libraries In The World
027 Laub
Laubier, Guillaume de
The Most Beautiful Libraries In The World
027 Laub
Laubier, Guillaume de
An inspirational collection of images featuring some of the most stately libraries from around the world. This is the source for beautiful library images.
Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: For Congress, The Nation & The World
Ref. 027.57 Ency
Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: For Congress, The Nation & The World
Ref. 027.57 Ency
Anything and everything you ever wanted to know concerning the largest library in the world.
The library In America: A Celebration In Words and Pictures
027.073 Dickson
Dickson, Paul
The library In America: A Celebration In Words and Pictures
027.073 Dickson
Dickson, Paul
A wonderful history of American libraries filled with pictures and broken into time periods to highlight the need and place of libraries in American culture.
Burning Books and Leveling Libraries
025.8 Knuth
Knuth, Rebecca
Examples of libraries and literature destroyed by intolerance and war.
025.8 Knuth
Knuth, Rebecca
Examples of libraries and literature destroyed by intolerance and war.
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