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I don't always notice my oddness these days and am always surprised if someone comments. I can't think of a better looking way to store my books lol :)
Headed to the British Library for a post-work seminar on visualising health information, with Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer, and Professor David Spiegelhalter, professor of the understanding of risk at Cambridge university. It was chaired by Michael Blastland, who used to work for the BBC training journalists in understanding statistics. It was a fascinating discussion and very lively (though it perhaps doesn't sound it!). I took this on the way in. I actually really like the British Library building even though I know lots of people hate it, and I love the juxtaposition with St Pancras station. (and I love the word juxtaposition too!)
Johnston Library at 201 W. 10th Street in Baxter Springs Kansas. Built in 1872 and it was intended to be the County Courthouse but was never used for that purpose since Columbus got the county seat. It was used as the city hall until 1905. In 1905, Peter Nils Johnston, a Swedish immigrant, provided a bequest for the city to establish a permanent library in the building.
National Register #76000817. Added in 1976.
For more information:
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The entrance to Rawtenstall Library was photographed in Summer 1975. This Grade II listed library, designed by Crouch, Butler & Savage, Birmingham and funded by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, first opened on 1 June 1907 and was extended in 1914.
The HEB Buddy came by the library to take pictures with the kids, and he brought along a helper who had snacks for the kids and read them a story!
Mrs. Claus came to read Christmas stories to kids at the Bristol Library on Tuesday, December 22, 2014. The kids enjoyed the stories and the awesome display of cookies from Friends of the Library.
The Treasures and Treats sale that went on from December 1-20 for Treasures donated by library supporters and conducted by Friends of the Library, and the Treats sale that included candy and cookies of all kinds when on from December 15-20 was a very successful fundraiser for the library’s programs. It raised over $1,000. The Library staff wants to thank all those who donated items or treats and also those who purchased both offerings. Those few items that didn’t sell will be back next year along with lots of other wonderful bargains. As one shopper said “This is the best sale in Town!”
If you’d like to become a member of Friends of the Library - they’d love to have you join them - just ask at the desk for more information.The entire library staff and Friends wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Library is closed Dec. 24,and 25 and Jan.1. They will close at 3pm on Dec. 31.
Our first day in Casablanca, we visited the tallest Mosque in Morocco. The Moroccan art & architecture is a study in symmetry.
As one can imagine, I have tons and tons of photos to sift through. The bad news is, I dropped my D90 in Santorini, Greece -- on concrete. I could only take photos manually, and even then had trouble with focus and exposure.
The Library of Celsus is Ephesus's best known landmark, owing to the remarkable preservation of it's facade which, having collapsed at some point in the Middle Ages was meticulously pieced back together and re-erected in the late1970s (with a concealed stell frame to protect against further earthquake damage).
Ephesus is justly famed as one of the finest ancient Roman sites anywhere. The ruins of the city are extensive with many impressive monuments to amaze the visitor (that have often been partially reassembled to give an indication of their former glory and context).
Unfortunately the fame and popularity of the site means that, unlike most of the classical sites we visited elsewhere, it is constantly crowded with tourists. However the city has always attracted visitors, and among those who spent time here centuries ago were St Paul and St John (and possibly Mary herself if one believes in the authenticity of her nearby residence).
Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham.
Taken with an Olympus PEN EE S half-frame camera on Kentmere 100 B&W film.
Christina invited all of the young adult girls to a special all night slumber party. 29 girls total attended this fun event with games, snacks, and all night movies!
Library’s Spooky Spiders didn’t spook these kids!
At the Villa Park Library’s October 28th program on Spooky Spiders, 16 children and about a dozen parents and grandparents heard nature educator Karen Ritter describe, using spider puppets, how various spiders capture their prey and why insect-devouring spiders are generally beneficial to humans. The high point of the program--for the children--was the chance to hold some spiders (safely dead and enclosed within clear plastic blocks) in their hands. Here one boy compares the size of a tarantula with the size of his own hand. In general, the children were more anxious than the adults to hold the spiders.
Mayor Menino participates in the cake and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Roslindale Public Library's 50th anniversary.
September 16, 2011
(Photo Credit: Don Harney, Mayor's Office)
See this same view before the new library wing was built, see flic.kr/p/SZuZQQ
In 1900 when Miss Mary Eliza Scranton offered the Madison Library Association the use of a new, completely furnished, library building which she had built on the corner of Wall Street adjoining her family’s old home. The offer was accepted, books moved in, and in 1901 the Association dissolved and the E.C. Scranton Memorial Library was incorporated.
The original library building was designed by Henry Bacon, an eminent New York architect who later designed the Lincoln Memorial. A New York firm of “contracting designers” was in charge of the architecture, construction, decorations and furnishings, the total cost of which was about $30,000.
The library was added to in 1989 and again in 2020 (along Wall St.)
(Photo Credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Just about to pop in for a nose, as I'd never been inside before. The library, accesed via the entrance beneath the brown sign, has had a lengthy revamp, costing approx £55M, I gather. Last time I was in the vicinity, at least 18 months ago, it was all hidden from view by hoardings.
The contrast of old and new is very well done. What's wonderful, is that you can climb all the stairs [lifts available too] to the roof for a free view!
Christina invited all of the young adult girls to a special all night slumber party. 29 girls total attended this fun event with games, snacks, and all night movies!
The new Library of Birmingham taken from Centenary Square. The new Library of Birmingham was opened in September 2013 by Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani Schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban. The Library replaced the old Central Library that was by the Town Hall. It is the largest public library in the UK. It holds numerous important collections such as Britain's most important Shakespeare collection.
This stitched image (7 photos) shows the panorama on the north side of the Reagan Presidential Library looking out over Moorpark and Simi Valley. The library is on the left, rose garden lawn in the left center, Moorpark in the distanct right, and the Channel Islands in the far distant right. The Reagan grave site is by the clump of trees in the center left.