Have you ever read a novel or watched a movie about a fantastic library? Perhaps you'd like to visit the almost unused school library in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Or maybe you'd like to browse through the stacks at the J...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/19/The-12-Best-Fictional-Libraries/[http://vimeo.com/66169135](Video Link)It's a brutal world out in the concrete stacks. Watch these two hard-boiled librarians circulate crime out of library. The Mike and Duane Show re-shot the Beastie Boys' classic musi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/18/Librarians-Recreate-Sabotage-by-the-Beastie-Boys/Depending on your perspective, Chat Travieso's bench says 'library' in either English, Chinese or Spanish. He calls his little library in New York City, which is open to the public, "Word Play." Travieso hopes it will br...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/16/The-Library-Bench/In 1874, Cincinnati, Ohio built a huge main library. This architectural marvel remained in use until 1955. Can you imagine wandering from tier to tier of the stacks in the main hall? Or looking through the stereoscope at...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/13/Libraries-Used-to-Look-Like-This/In The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, Douglas Ada... ...s Adams argued that airports are inherently ugly. Libraries are, however, I think, innately beautiful. And so...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/28/The-Beautiful-Beinecke-Rare-Book-and-Manuscript-Library/Occasionally, a library patron will try to check out a reference book. "Can't you make an exception for me?" "No," I say with a smile. At the Chained Library of Zutphen, the Netherlands, Sixteenth Century librarians foun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/23/The-Chained-Library-of-Zutphen/Tom Johnson, 83, of Osceola, Missouri lives in a l... ...ome of the books are only cataloged at one or two libraries in the world.The oldest book in Mr. Johnson's col...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/12/Over-113-Years-This-Home-Library-Has-Grown-to-35000-Books/The Venezuelan design firm Stereotank brought their little library to the Nolita neighborhood of New York City. The cover protects books from the elements while holes provide illumination for patrons.Link -via Design Boo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/30/The-Little-Free-Library/Travis Jonker and his team work at an elementary school library. They had some old auditorium seats left over from renovations. They were functional as seating, but Jonker and his co-workers turned them into advertisemen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/27/Chairs-in-an-Elementary-School-Library/My very first reference question as a working librarian was about Margaret Thatcher. Since Lady Thatcher recently passed away, it is worth mentioning.A patron approached the reference desk and told me that Margaret Thatc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/11/Dreaming-of-Margaret-Thatcher/
