This is Nautilus, a sculpture by Katie Hudnall. It... ...at you can check out from the Indianapolis Public Library . It’s one of 9 unique public book repositor... ...repositories designed by artists for that public library system in a program called The Public Collection....
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/20/9-Artists-Design-Bookcases-to-Promote-Libraries/(Photo: Pekin Daily Times/Robert Downen)On Thursda... ...d gathered in a meeting room at the Morton Public Library in Morton, Illinois. A 19-year old man wielding t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/16/Elderly-Veteran-Fights-off-Knife-Attack-to-Save-16-Children/(Photo: Pete Berkinshaw)OCLC stands for Online Com... ...: Pete Berkinshaw)OCLC stands for Online Computer Library Center. It's a huge non-profit organization in th... ...on in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio that provides library computer support services. Among them, OCLC catal... ...by libraries around the w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/03/The-Last-Library-Card-Catalog-Cards/(Photo: Little Free Library , UK)The Little Free Library is a public service concept that began in Wiscons... ...k, read it, and leave a book.The UK's Little Free Library Project grew (you don't build a TARDIS, but grow... ...ld a TARDIS, but grow one) this suprisingly room...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/08/The-Little-Free-TARDIS-Library/(Photo: Anagrama)The design studio Anagrama develo... ...ma developed this unique bookshelves design for a library in Monterrey, Mexico. The city council asked the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/07/Library-Design-Wraps-You-in-a-Cocoon-of-Books/(Photo: University of Bath)Yoda is an owl with a j... ...is an owl with a job. A handler brings him to the library of the University of Bath to drive off seagulls t... ...pt these troublemakers from nesting there, so the library administration recognized his work by granting hi... ...n recognized his work by...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/02/Owl-Given-Library-Card/One of the posters in the series says, "We Are Made of Our Childhood Books." The earliest books that we encounter can shape our lives. To advocate for the importance of school libraries in Japan, Miharu Mitsunaga of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/20/Sculptures-of-Kids-Made-of-Books-Advocate-for-Libraries/(Photo: Tribune News Service)In the Jim Crow era,... ...nced this herself in 1942. She went to the public library of Raleigh, North Carolina to check out a particu... ...orth Carolina to check out a particular book. The library staff refused to issue her a library card becaus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/08/After-Being-Rejected-73-Years-Ago-92-Year-Old-Black-Woman-Finally-Gets-Her-Library-Card/(Photo: University of Illinois Archives)In 1917, t... ...he effort, including the librarians. The American Library Association (ALA) formed the Library War Service to establish more than 30 camp librar... .... The ALA reports that between 1917 and 1920, its Library War Servic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/07/When-Americas-Librarians-Went-to-War/(Photos: Claire Voon/Hyperallergic)Sculptor Susann... ...her work When My Father Died It Was Like a Whole Library Had Burned Down.The knowledge, experiences, and m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/05/A-Library-That-Plummets-into-an-Abyss/
