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To help young people create interactive art, Pataphysical Studios taught a workshop on how to make your own ‘ art wonderbox.’ Our goal was to help kids create a cool experience with lights, motion and sounds, using simple electronic parts.
To that end, we invited 12 kids (ages 8 to 12) and their parents to this free workshop at the Mill Valley Library:
pataphysics.us/make-your-own-wonderbox/
This two-hour workshop took place on Saturday, October 17 at 2pm. In the course of two hours, we guided students through these tasks:
bit.ly/wonderbox-instructions-1
Instructors for this workshop were Fabrice Florin, Jean Bolte and Natalie Frederick, with support from Antonia Souza and Freddy Hahne. They are all members of Pataphysical Studios, the art collective behind the ‘Pataphysical Slot Machine’, our poetic oracle.
Come visit the exhibit this month! We’re open every Saturday and Sunday in October, from 1 to 5pm, in the downstairs conference room of the Mill Valley Library.
Special thanks to the Mill Valley Library and the Friends of the Library for making these workshops possible.
View more photos of the exhibit: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157659147117739
At least it is in chalk. But with all the noise complaints we get, shouldn't the "library sleepers" be much less annoying than the "library cell phone talkers"? Maybe they are snoring. Or worse. Hmmm....
For more about this library: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory_record/37683/willingh...
Photo credit: Cambridgeshire libraries
Day 222 of 365 (Saturday) - My children LOVE the library. We often spend a couple of hours there, and it usually passes swiftly, and reasonably calmly. I don't know what it is about the place, but we just feel so relaxed there and enjoy escaping into a world of possibilities (such as the sewing book that I picked up, since when we are there it feels possible we might complete such a craft project at home). Even my youngest started getting interested in books. I was too busy soaking in the calmness that I didn't want to spend lots of time capturing the moment, but rather enjoying it. This kind of scene would never happen at home!
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-McGill Library at Westminster may have the front door closed because of construction on the front steps, but the library is open.
Re-stepping at McGill Library
The reconstruction project of the front steps continues through the summer, but library officials want everyone to know McGill is open. You can enter the building from Market Street during regular library hours: Monday-Friday 9- 4.
Re-stepping at McGill Library
Re-stepping at McGill Library
McGill Library, built in the Collegiate Gothic style, opened on campus in 1938. It is named after Ralph Gibson McGill (1902). McGill was a missionary to Egypt. He drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to rescue children.
McGill Library was rededicated in 2008 after a $6.2 million renovation project. That project included: installation of compact shelving for books and periodicals on the ground floor; relocation of the main entrance and construction of a handicapped-accessible lift; creation of the Williamson and the Drinko Rooms; repair and renovation of the Ferguson Room, including refinishing of vintage 1930s solid oak chairs and library tables; and relocation and renovation of the computer lab.
The Central Branch of Vancouver Public Library resembles the Roman Colosseum in some ways. Completed in 1995, the building was designed by Moshe Safdie who was selected after winning a design competition.
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Brian Dettmer
Libraries of Health
2008
Altered Books
10-3/4" x 10-1/4" x 8-1/2"
Image Courtesy of the Artist and Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Notes: new Katoomba Library
Format: colour digital photo
Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Photographer: John Merriman
Notes: Vicki Edmunds the library manager on opening day greeting patrons.
Format: Photograph, colour digital
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Photographer: John Merriman
Date: 1986
Category: Library
Type: Image
Identifier: LP2225
Source: South Pasadena Public Library
Owner: South Pasadena Public Library
Previous Identifier: N/A
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Library of Celsus
Library of Celsus, restored.
Facade.
Facade (fragment).
Interior—central apse and niches.
The library of Celsus was built for Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus and completed in AD 135 in Ephesus, Asia Minor (Anatolia) (now Turkey). Celsus’ son, Gaius Julius Aquila (consul AD 110), built the library in honor of his father who was consul in AD 92, governor of Asia in AD 115, and a wealthy and popular local citizen. The library was built to store 12,000 scrolls and to serve as a monumental tomb for Celsus. It was unusual to be buried within a library or even within city limits, so this was a special honor for Celsus.
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The building is important as one of few remaining examples of an ancient Roman-influenced library. It also shows that public libraries were built not only in Rome itself but throughout the Roman Empire. In a massive restoration which is considered to be very true to the historic building, the front façade was rebuilt and now serves as a prime example of Roman public architecture. (The Library of Celsus may serve as a model for other, less well preserved, libraries elsewhere in the Empire, for it is possible that literary collections were housed in other Roman cities for the benefit of students as well as traveling Romans. Such libraries may also have housed collections of local documents of interest if they were not destroyed during the Roman conquest. Verulamium (St Albans) and Caesaromagus (Chelmsford) are reputed to have been sites of such Roman libraries.[citation needed])
The edifice itself is a single hall that faces eastward toward the morning sun, as Vitruvius advised, so as to benefit early risers. The library is built on a platform, with nine steps the full width of the building leading up to three front entrances. The center entrance is larger than the two flanking ones, and all are adorned with windows above them. Along the entrances are four pairs of Ionic columns elevated on pedestals. A set of Corinthian columns stands directly above the first set, adding to the height of the building. The pairs of columns on the second level frame the windows as the columns on the first level frame the doors, and they also create niches that would have housed statues. It is thought that there may also have been a third set of columns, though today there are only two registers of columns.
This type of facade with inset frames and niches for statues is similar to that found in ancient Greek theaters (the stage building behind the orchestra, or skene in the context of Greek theater), and is thus characterised as "scenographic".
The building's other sides are irrelevant architecturally because the library was surrounded by buildings on both sides.
The inside of the building, not fully restored, was a single rectangular room (55 feet wide by 36 feet (11 m) long) with a central apse framed by a large arch at the far wall. A statue of Celsus or of Athena, goddess of wisdom, stood in the apse, and Celsus’ tomb lay directly below in a vaulted chamber. Along the other three sides were rectangular recesses that held cupboards and shelves for the 12,000 scrolls. Celsus was said to have left a legacy of 25,000 denarii to pay for the library's reading material.
The second and third levels could be reached via a set of stairs built into the walls to add support to the building and had similar niches for scrolls. The ceiling was flat, and there may have been a central square oculus to provide more light.
The style of the library, with its ornate, balanced, well-planned façade, reflects the Greek influence on Roman architecture. The building materials, brick, concrete, and mortared rubble, signify the new materials that came into use in the Roman Empire around the 2nd century C.E.
The building's façade was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 20 million lira banknote of 2001-2005[1] and of the 20 new lira banknote of 2005-2009.[2]
The wait is over. Houstonians are invited to visit the improved Houston Public Library (HPL) Central Library and enjoy a vibrant environment with access to entertainment, education and information. This flagship library reopened to the public after a two-year, $17 million renovation, culminating with a two-day grand reopening extravaganza on Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June 1st. The Central Library is located in the heart of downtown Houston at 500 McKinney, 77002.
Pictured above are actress Essence Atkins and Houston Public Library Director Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson.
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Title: Ghent University Library
Other title: Universiteitsbibliotheek Universiteit Gent;Boekentoren
Creator: Velde, Henry Van de, 1863-1957
Creator role: Architect
Date: 1933-1939
Current location: Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Description of work: The Ghent University Library's Book Tower (De Universiteitsbibliotheek Universiteit Gent Boekentoren) was designed in "the shape of a Greek cross, not as a religious symbol but rather to connect heaven and earth and to merge time and space." The Book Tower is 64 meters high, with 4 stories below ground and 20 stories above. The use of concrete as a building material was an innovation at the time and a demonstration of Van de Velde's use of modernity as a style. As a true modernist Van de Velde designed almost all of the details of the building, including furniture, window frames, floor patterns, doorknobs, radiator covers, and much more. Due to the outbreak of World War II certain materials had to be replaced, such as marble instead of rubber or linoleum for the floors, and the furniture was only partially produced The book tower housed the library's collection of approximately 3 million books until recent renovations relocated them to an underground repository. The building was designated a protected monument in July 1992. De Boekentoren University Library of Gt, www.boekentoren.be, Accessed 3/23/2015
Description of view: view from inside the belvedere with wood paneled columns and windows
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Modern
Culture: Belgian
Materials/Techniques: Wood
Glass
Metal
Source: Pisciotta, Henry (copyright Henry Pisciotta)
Date photographed: June 2009
Resource type: Image
File format: JPEG
Image size: 3072H X 2304W pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2015-0011 Boekentoren.jpg
Record ID: WB2015-0011
Sub collection: libraries
Copyright holder: Copyright Henry Pisciotta
Stunning image from Carol M. Highsmith's monumental Library of Congress Collection. For 38 years Carol has travelled America capturing beautiful moments in time, preserving them for future generations. By donating these images to the Library of Congress she has generously made these images available to the public domain for everyone to enjoy.
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Minerva of Peaceby Elihu Vedder
Pictured on this mosaic in the arched panel is the Roman Goddess Minerva--guardian of civilization. She is portrayed as the Minerva of Peace, but according to the artist who created her, Elihu Vedder, the peace and prosperity that she enjoys was attained only through warfare. A little statue of Nike, a representation of Victory, similar to those erected by ancient Greeks to commemorate their success in battle, stands next to Minerva. The figure is a winged female standing on a globe and holding out a laurel wreath (victory) and palm branch (peace) to the victors.
Shield and Helmet: Although Minerva's shield and helmet have been laid upon the ground, the goddess still holds a long, two-headed spear, showing that she never relaxes her vigilance against the enemies of the country that she protects.
Scroll: Her attention is directed to an unfolded scroll that she holds in her left hand. On this is written a list of various fields of learning, such as Architecture, Law, Statistics, Sociology, Botany, Biography, Mechanics, Philosophy, Zoology, etc. Minerva is therefore also the Goddess of Learning, an activity that can thrive in a peaceful society.
Owl: On Minerva's right is an owl, symbolizing wisdom, perched upon the post of a low parapet.
Inscription: Beneath the mosaic is an inscription from Horace's Ars Poetica: Nil invita Minerva, quae monumentum aere perennius exegit, and translated as, Not unwilling, Minerva raises a monument more lasting than bronze
The library at Wells Cathedral. Notice the books kept on chains to preserve them from theft. What a magnificent collection!
The Summer Kickoff was another big hit this year with balloon animals, face painting and the mascot from Menchies!
Date: 2004
Category: Library
Type: Image
Identifier: LP2411
Source: South Pasadena Public Library
Owner: South Pasadena Public Library
Previous Identifier: N/A
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From a special Sesame Street exhibit at the Brooklyn Library. Picture sent by listener Mark Wiedenheft.
Headquarters Library
Our graphic novel collection and selection of manga has grown significantly in the past year. Come by and check it out. There's something for everyone.
Drumcondra Branch Library re-opened after extensive refurbishment on Monday May 24th 2010!
Following the completion of improvement works, Dublin City Public Libraries are pleased to announce new and improved services at Drumcondra Library – providing welcome ease of access for all.
Improvements include:
New access ramp
Automatic doors
Improved signage
Public toilets
Upgraded lighting and heating
Full repaint with new furniture
Call in and see what's on offer!
Seattle Public Library, Northgate Branch. See blog for more sketches: tina-koyama.blogspot.com/2013/01/northgate-branch-library... (Lamy fountain pen, Lamy black ink cartridge, Zig markers, Stillman & Birn sketchbook)