Written by Dr Biddy Casselden Currently on secondment as Head of Library Learning and Research Services (until November 2019), Northumbria University Library, Newcastle upon Tyne UK For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Manchester Central Library sits proudly in St Peter’s Square, and really is a ‘People’s Palace’ to behold. The creation…
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Shakespeare Hall and the Shakespeare Collection, Meisei University – A pilgrimage for fans
Written by Professor Stuart Kells For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ A private university on the hilly, green outskirts of Tokyo, Meisei is home to the world’s second largest collection of Shakespeare First Folios. It also has many other early editions of Shakespeare, and much else of Shakespearean interest. There is…
Glucksman Library, University of Limerick, Ireland – incunabulae and vinyl
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…
Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library – the national library of Japan
Written by Professor Stuart Kells For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The Diet is Japan’s national parliament, and the National Diet Library is Japan’s national library. The Tokyo Main Library is the Diet Library’s principal site. Located in Chiyoda, a civic and parliamentary precinct whose buildings and streetscapes recall the centre…
The Geelong Library & Heritage Centre – the Dome
Written by Jes Layton For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ It’s no secret the modern community library is and has been experiencing a renaissance of sorts. There is near to no other more perfect example of this than the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, affectionately called ‘the Dome.’ The Geelong Library…
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…
Ulyianovsk Regional Scientific Library, Russia – a library with a ballroom
Written by Ульяновская областная научная библиотека For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Ulyianovsk Regional Scientific Library is the one the sight of the Ulyanovsk. In 1924 it was named after is V. Lenin. It is located in former Nobility assembly house. Public Library closely connected with the name of the great…
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…
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