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James Lund, library director at Red Wing Public Library and Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran, SELCO Community Services Librarian
The physical science and engineering library at McGill University. I think Earnest Rutherford used to work in the basement a hundred-ish years ago. I spent a lot of time here during my undergrad.
We celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of The Charles Avison Building at Newcastle Library with a concert showcasing the talents of The Avison Ensemble Young Musicians’ Awards winners (from 2005-10) and members of the Gateshead Youth Orchestra (directed by John Treherne). This concert in the Bewick Room presented some of the region’s most talented young musicians performing works by Bach, Purcell, Avison, Danzi and Lloyd Webber.
If you are interested in finding out more about the 2011 Avison Ensemble Young Musicians' Awards programme please email info@avisonensemble.com
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Once a Jesuit monastery, the Collegium Berchmanianum in Oudenbosch now houses an astronomical observatory (Tivoli) and a restaurant. The observatory has been part of the monastery for a long time under the name Simon Stevin. After a few decades of housing at a different location, the observatory returned in 2015 as 'Tivoli'.
New Jersey State Librarian Norma Blake honored four New Jersey libraries for conducting outstanding early literacy programs on behalf of their youngest library users and their families during a breakfast at the New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference.
Winning libraries were:
Maplewood Memorial Library’s Hilton Branch for their Read Together Backpacks program.
Jersey City Public Library for their PARTners Workshops.
Somerset County Library System for their Parent Teacher Workshops.
Middletown Public Library for their Dress for Mess program.
Each library received a $500 award.
César Chávez Library Mural Unveiling at César Chávez Branch of Oakland Public Library on May 24, 2023.
Part of the 3-level 40,000 square foot Hendrik Meijer Library Information Technology Center at Muskegon Community College. The new addition to the main college building was opened in 2006.
Just love the colors of the word "library" at the entrance to the City Council Library in Liverpool, NSW Australia. I cranked the saturation in the camera and the colors just went wild.
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.
"I Can" Campaign: Main Library Portraits
September 18, 2013
Photos by Robert Christopher Photography
Uploaded by Forest Featherston
"Because of my public library, I can read anything I want to! You see, I’m blind and I am a Braille reader. There aren’t many books available in Braille in my community. I can purchase Braille books online, or I can check out books in Braille through Library Services for the Blind in Raleigh, NC. But I can’t just go to my local bookstore and buy a Braille book. In the past, I was even unable to walk into a public library and check out a book. I had to call or go online, order a book from the library in Raleigh, and wait for it to come to me in the mail. It was hard to see friends check out books every week in the school library, and not be able to participate. But my public library changed that for me! You see, Imaginon, the children’s library ordered Braille books for blind and visually impaired children to have. So now, I can go into any branch library or just go online and have a Braille book sent from Imaginon to my local library branch. That means I can walk into any library in Charlotte and check out a book! Or I can just go to Imaginon and explore all the Braille library books for myself."
o+s Library Dress. Size 2 with size 4 length. Main fabric is a thrifted woven scarf. I can see myself making lots of these dresses!
Phill Jupitus visited the brand new St Aubyn Library in Devonport.
You can hear Phill's introduction over at Audioboo.