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View of the library at Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C.
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Date:
1912
Location:
Durham (N.C.); Durham County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052), North Carolina Collection Photographic
Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
A shelf of my much read and loved Heaney books. Without him the world seems to have tilted slightly but his wise words remain in his writing...
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, first President of the United States and Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress, and the District is therefore not a part of any state. The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. The City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.
Washington had an estimated population of 702,455 as of July 2018, making it the 20th most populous city in the United States. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest, had a 2017 estimated population of 6.2 million residents.
All three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative), president (executive), and the U.S. Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments, and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the Human Rights Campaign, the International Finance Corporation, and the American Red Cross.
A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the Senate. The District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. The Library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia. The Library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes the Library of Congress as the largest library in the world, and the library describes itself as such. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 450 languages."
The Library of Congress moved to Washington in 1800 after sitting for 11 years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. The small Congressional Library was housed in the United States Capitol for most of the 19th century until the early 1890s. Most of the original collection had been destroyed by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812, and the library sought to restore its collection in 1815. They bought Thomas Jefferson's entire personal collection of 6,487 books. After a period of slow growth, another fire struck the Library in its Capitol chambers in 1851, again destroying a large amount of the collection, including many of Jefferson's books. After the American Civil War, the Library of Congress grew rapidly in both size and importance, which sparked a campaign to purchase replacement copies for volumes that had been burned. The Library received the right of transference of all copyrighted works to deposit two copies of books, maps, illustrations, and diagrams printed in the United States. It also began to build its collections, and its development culminated between 1888 and 1894 with the construction of a separate, extensive library building across the street from the Capitol.
The Library's primary mission is to research inquiries made by members of Congress, carried out through the Congressional Research Service. The Library is open to the public, although only high-ranking government officials and Library employees may check out books and materials.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building
The oldest of the four United States Library of Congress buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built between 1890 and 1897. It was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and is located on First Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior. Its design and construction has a tortuous history; the building's main architect was Paul J. Pelz, initially in partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey during the last few years of construction. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
The old Birmingham Central Library in better times on 2nd March 2010.
It is currently being demolished, rather hurriedly, which may not be unrelated to the fact that the building's exemption from listing runs out on January 1st.
This sort of architecture isn't everyone's cup of tea but I strongly suspect that the demolition of the library will be regretted after the passage of a few decades. We treated our Victorian architecture with similar contempt until recently.
Run by a team of volunteers, with support from Dorset library services in the form of bookstock, computer/catalogue access, and regular visits from a community liaison librarian.
Visited by members of the Taskforce team.
Photo credit: Julia Chandler/Libraries Taskforce
Call number: Home and Away - 2631
Digital ID: hood_02631
Format: glass photonegative
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From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
I stumbled upon the vacant former public library on my first-ever Waukegan visit and posted it long ago on here, but here's an updated photo with a few signs and decorations added to the still-vacant building. I hope it can be reused!
Update: if I was going to guess a recent Waukegan photo to go into Explore I'd guess this one, not the Silveys tile. Huh.
I've been working on photos from Open House Melbourne over the weekend and got to the Law Library at the Supreme Court of Victoria and had to share this one, heavy processing on this one and dropped the saturation to give it an older look!
ISO 400 | 1/13 sec | f/3.5 | 7mm
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Razorback Trading Post view 2, Mountain Home, Arkansas
1980.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Trading posts--1980.
United States--Arkansas--Mountain Home.
Format: Slides--1980.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.03678
Call Number: LC-MA05- 3678
Built for BrickPirate contest Duel of Pirates here
The contest features the use of mystery part : Reddish Brown Barb Large Flexible (Claw, Horn) in all creations.
Tidying in the garden yesterday, in the house today. Finally got the overspill of paperbacks shelved - the ones that dont fit in the library - and are mostly the sort of popular fiction you read once and are happy to swap or share. Apart from N's Patrick O'Brien collection on the top shelf - and yes, I know they are out of sequence!
I've seen some pictures of paperbacks shelved by colour - like a rainbow. Might be fun to do that one day, but the librarian in me will always revert to alphabetical - plus an oversized shelf.......
Interactive Library for experiencing immersive content
National Library of Korea, Seocho-gu, Seoul
April 16, 2021
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Korean Culture and Information Service
Korea.net (www.korea.net)
Official Photographer : Kim sun joo
This official Republic of Korea photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way. Also, it may not be used in any type of commercial, advertisement, product or promotion that in any way suggests approval or endorsement from the government of the Republic of Korea.
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5:40 am.
Williamstown public library.
Going to work, I saw this building, and either didn't have the camera or the weather was no good...or running late (shhhhh!)
Finally the stars aligned and this is what came of it.
The building must have light sensors because literary minutes later the internal lights were turned off and the sun was rising.
Patrons peruse the bookcases installed at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch to house “The Human Spirit Collection,” which features more than 140 books revolving around the diversity of faiths, traditions, and cultures in the greater Kansas City area. (Photo by Anne Ducey, KCPL)
The Libraries have many quiet study spaces for you to work. The Suzzallo reading room is one of the most recognizable quiet study areas on campus.
Among the many great love stories at Mount Gambier Library, the story of Dee Watson and Simon O'Leary now belongs. The pair met at the library's 'Singles Mingles' event in 2011. (Image: ABC/Kate Hill)
Kauppakorkeakoulun kirjaston asiakaspalvelupiste. Kierreportaat johtavat kirjaston ylempään kerrokseen. Taustalla seinällä on teksti "Hiljaisuus".
Aalto-yliopiston arkisto / Aalto University Archives
Image nr: HKK_17_010
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From the library website:
"The Old Mill Shopping Center (also called the Old Mill Speciality Center) opened in 1976. Considered a 'Ghiradelli-type' shopping area, the new indoor development boasted boutique shops, movies, trendy restaurants and a waterfall and creek all centering around its namesake working mill. By 1987, the Old Mill was experiencing hard times. It closed, gutted the inside and reopened as the Old Mill Public Market. Here tenants sold everthing from kitchenware to dried fruits to wine to imported and ethnic foods. The new concept was not successful and the market closed in 1989. The Crossings, a mixed residential community of apartments, townhouses and single family homes, now occupies the former site of the Old Mill."