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/ On a hill rising majestic over Uppsala town there is a big building. It is not the city hall, it is not some old castle or church. It is Carolina…
Steele Memorial Library, Elmira NY – green roof and a maker space
Written by M. Doane For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Steele Memorial Library, in Elmira NY. Its the main branch of the Chemung Couny Library District. Built seven years after the flood of 1972 in a modern style the Steele Memorial Library has continued to be a forward looking institution in…
The Grand Tangier Library – an architechtural landmark in Morocco
Written by Mohamed Bourah For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ You will love this library when you look at its shape the Grand Tangier Library looks like huge books posed one over the other. I think it is the right moment to unveil the wonder of this big multimedia public library…
National Library of Costa Rica – a special collection for everything
Written by Jan Erik Hansen, Denmark For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ La Biblioteca Nacional “Miguel Obregón Lizano” is the national library of Costa Rica located in San Jose. It is tasked with curating the cultural heritage of Costa Rica and maintains three copies of every book ever published in the country…
Bagan district public library, Myanmar – a library amongst the buddhist tempels
Written by Morgane Soltesz Bourel For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ I visited Myanmar at the end of 2017, and I visited the public library in Bagan district, placed in Nyaung-U, in Mandalay region, in central Myanmar. Nyaun-U “village” is a town in the Bagan archeologic buddhist site, 50 km² with…
Wolverhampton University Library – Bringing real art to the book shelves
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…
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…
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