Written by Rebecca Collins For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ I paid a different kind of visit to the University of Wolverhampton Library a little while back. My business was to paint walls and my road to those walls was not guided by the normal way to a library. Serendipity: ‘the…
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The Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway – a bright modern library with an old heart
Written by Laura Jorud For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek is the second largest public library in Norway.[1]It is located in Bergen, a picturesque tourist destination home to approximately 280,000 residents.[2] The library was founded in 1872, with the current main building dating back to 1917.[3]Situated in…
Skagen library – a wheelchair-friendly library where the librarians knows your name
Written by Ciara Ní Riain For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Skagen library is top of the list of libraries to visit in Denmark – literally. Denmark’s most Northerly library is a much-loved community space which serves a rural population of 8,000 that swells to over 50,000 in tourist season. Right…
La Bibliothèque universitaire de Belle Beille – Library, art Gallery and Feminism Archive!
Written by Nathalie Clot For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ La Bibliothèque universitaire de Belle Beille is a academic library, in Angers, a french town of 150 000 inhabitants in the Loire Valley. Build in 1993 on a green out-of-the-town campus, it offers 1000 places, and only 300 of them a…
Gladstone’s Library – a knowledge oasis born in the tin tabernacle
Written by Amy Sumner For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ NESTLED in a small village in North Wales is Britain’s finest residential library. Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden is Britain’s only Prime Ministerial library and the national memorial to the great Victorian statesman and four times Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. It…
Finding an ancestor at the Morrin Centre in Quebec City
Written by Claire Sewell For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The Morrin Centre is located in Quebec City and is also home to the city’s only English-language library. Originally built as a military barracks in 1712, it became a prison in 1813 and was refurbished to house Morrin College in 1862….
West Bridgewater Public Library – a place of making
Written by Ellen Snoeyenbos For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Here are some snaps of the West Bridgewater Public Library in Massachusetts, USA It’s a small library with a big heart. The library tries to bring unusual experiences to our patrons and provide a safe, welcoming place to all. The library…
Gaismas Pils – Latvia’s “Castle of Light” illuminates and enthrals
Written by Phil Segall For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Rīga is home to the incredible National Library of Latvia. The “Castle of Light” (“Gaismas Pils” in Latvian) as it is known locally, opened in 2014. This iconic building houses some 4.5 million items, including the Baltic Central Library. It is immense!…
Central Library Los Angeles – a gem in the City
Written by Megan Panatier – library lover on a quest to visit all 72 LAPL branches with her kids! For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Central Library In downtown Los Angeles, California, sits Central Library — the main library of the Los Angeles Public Library system, LAPL, which has 72 other…
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