Back in 2018 Marie and I launched Library Planet – the crowdsource travel guide to libraries of the world. Since then so many fantastic libraries from French Polynesia to Sweden has been added to the map of libraries of the world with yours contributions and willingness to share the library love. As I wrote in the beginning of September,…
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Stockholm City Library: An aesthetic experience
Written by Library Planet friend Alejandra Quiroz Hernández Maybe you have seen it illustrating articles about academic libraries or pretty much anything related to librarianship. The most recognized features are those curvy shelfs. Are you for real? A curved stack? What kind of geometric defiance is that? In the corner of Sveavägen and Odengatan, a…
A temple of knowledge and wisdom – The National and University Library of Ljubljana
Written by Joachim Hassel. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ During our holiday in Slovenia in July 2019 we stayed for a couple of days in the capital Ljubljana. This is a really nice, atmospheric and lively city worth visiting. Right in the city center and only a short way back from…
Vejen public Library, Denmark – a toy Library and a roof garden
Written by Library Planet editor Marie Eiriksson, library consultant, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Vejen Public Library is a newly built Danish Library and the main Library of the municipality of Vejen, Jutland. The municipality has three other locations. The new main Library opened in october 2019. Arriving by train…
Nørrebro Public Library – a new and buzzing community living room
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://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ I live on Nørrebro, a part of Copenhagen. It is a neighborhood what are characterized with a large amount of diversity when it comes to ethnical background, economic status and social…
Delft Library, Cape Flats, City of Cape Town, South Africa – The Library is where the heart is❤️
Written by Stine Sørensen For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Together with Auntie B, I was around Cape Flat Yesterday. The houses are close to each other and are built in everything from bricks to sand and metal. In the middle of Delft is the library – next to a large…
Marrickville Library and Pavilion, Sydney, Australia – Magic in Marrickville
Written by Paul Jewell (Business Librarian, Western Sydney University) @pdjewell For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ Marrickville Library main entrance (picture courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History Services) Acknowledgment of Country Firstly, we recognise the Library is situated on land which was home to the Gadigal and Wangal Peoples of the Eora Nation. The library site…
Calgary public Library, Canada – a bright and dynamic space
Written by Hanna Marie Roseen For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ After having a direct flight cancelled I had to be re-routed through the Calgary airport – with a 7 hour layover. After departing the plane from a ten hour flight, there was no way I was going to stay in…
The National Library of Greece – a classic collection in a shiny new home
Written by Laura Cagnazzo Twitter: @LauraFCagnazzo For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ The new shiny home of the National Library of Greece was only completed last year. The Library has moved from the Vallianeio historic neoclassical building in downtown Athens to its new premises at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre…
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