Written by Jesse Waters For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick is a dynamic and inspiring library located on the suburban campus of the University of Limerick, a research focused university with a student population of 15,000 in the city of Limerick, Ireland. In…
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Töölö library, Helsinki, Finland – a design Pearl
Written by Library Planet editor Marie Eiriksson, library consultant at Gladsaxe Public Libraries, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Töölö Library was designed by architect Aarne Ervi, who worked with Alvar Aalto, and many of the classical Aalto furniture can be seen throughout the building. The building is from 1970 but…
Jelling Public Library – books, stairs and hand dolls among Vikings
Written by Library Planet editor Christian Lauersen, director of Libraries and Citizen Services in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ With it’s population of 3.500 located near Vejle in Jutland, Denmark, Jelling might doesn’t stand out but the area holds huge significance in Danish history. In the Viking Age it served as the…
Billund Public Library – a smack of library and a place for kids in all ages
Written by Library Planet editor Christian Lauersen, director of Libraries and Citizen Services in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ You know that feeling as a kid when you got a present for your birthday or for Christmas and you just didn’t have any high expectations? Small soft present from auntie…
Skaelskoer Public Library, Denmark – a community anchor by the harbor
Written by Library Planet editor Christian Lauersen, director of Libraries and Citizen Services in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Skaelskoer is a small town with a population of around 6.500 located by the seaside in the South-West of the Island of Zealand in Denmark. Driving in from the seaside…
Linköping City Library – a community oasis of light and empowerment
Written by Library Planet editor Christian Lauersen, director of Libraries and Citizen Services in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ I visited Linköping City Library on a cold and dark evening in December. Crossing a corner and suddenly the huge library with massive windows arises like a lighthouse in the…
Galway City Library, Galway, Ireland – an elegant oasis in the heart of a lively city
Written by Ciara Ní Riain. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Galway City Library is an elegant oasis in the heart of one of the best and liveliest small cities in the world . Yes that’s right, in the whole wide world. Located in the heart of historic, hopelessly hip and…
Kista Public Library, Sweden – in the right place
Written by Alejandra Quiroz Hernandez For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Back in 2016, some colleagues and I were talking about libraries from around the world. Ramón brought up the recently awarded Best Public Library of 2015. He said it was a library located in Kista, a suburb in Stockholm, Sweden….
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…
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