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A minimalist composition featuring a small potted plant with vibrant green, heart-shaped leaves resting atop a stack of hardcover books. The scene is softly lit, creating a cozy, intellectual atmosphere. The visible book titles include The Serpent King, Proof of Life, and How to Be Famous, adding a touch of personality and narrative depth to the image.
The view from the circulation desk includes the young readers tables, easy readers bookstacks, and computers.
Bookstacks, University of Southern California, 2nd floor, Carol Little Building (CAL), 3434 Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2017 October 4
A photo of the book stacks at the Seattle Public Library Central Library. Several rows of library book shelving flank the exterior door to the library. The building's glass and steel design architecture shows in the background.
The view from the fourth floor of the Seattle Public Library Central Library showing the book stacks, media collection, service desk, and cafe on the ground floor. The building's glass and steal design architecture is highlighted in the photo.
Free books from a thrift store that’s closing. Nice timing, since the “share” bag I keep in my car was close to empty & I will be visiting some new to me @littlefreelibrary locations soon.
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Sterling Memorial Library (SML) is the main library building of the Yale University Library system in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Opened in 1931, the library was designed by James Gamble Rogers as the centerpiece of Yale's Gothic Revival campus. The library's tower has sixteen levels of bookstacks containing over 4 million volumes. Several special collections—including the university's Manuscripts & Archives—are also housed in the building. It connects via tunnel to the underground Bass Library, which holds an additional 150,000 volumes.
The library is named for John W. Sterling, a lawyer representing Standard Oil, whose huge bequest to Yale required that an "enduring, useful and architecturally beautiful edifice" be built. Sterling Library is elaborately ornamented, featuring extensive sculpture and painting as well as hundreds of panes of stained glass created by G. Owen Bonawit. In addition to the book tower, Rogers' design featured five large reading rooms and two courtyards, one of which is now a music library.
(From Wikipedia)
The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
By the early 1850s, the British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837–1856), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later it was completed.
Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology. The room had a diameter of 42.6m (140ft) and was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome. However, it isn't a free-standing dome in the technical sense. It has been constructed in segments on a cast-iron framework. The ceiling is suspended on cast iron struts hanging down from the frame and is made out of papier-mâché. Many bookstacks were built surrounding the new Reading Room. They were made of iron to take the weight of the books and protect them against fire. In all, they contained three miles (4.8km) of bookcases and 25 miles (40km) of shelves.
The Reading Room opened on 2 May 1857. Between 8–16 May, the Library was opened up for a special one-off public viewing. More than 62,000 visitors came to marvel at the new building. Those wanting to use it had to apply in writing and were issued a reader's ticket by the Principal Librarian. Among those granted tickets were: Karl Marx, Lenin (who signed in under the name Jacob Richter) and novelists such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1997 the books were moved to a new purpose-built building in St Pancras and the bookstacks were taken down. As part of the Great Court development the interior of the Reading Room was carefully restored. This process saw the papier mâché interior of the dome repaired and the original blue, cream and gold colour scheme reinstated. When it reopened in 2000, the Reading Room was made available to all Museum visitors for the first time. It housed a modern information centre, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Centre, and a collection of 25,000 books, catalogues and other printed material, which focused on the world cultures represented in the Museum.
[British Museum]
The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
By the early 1850s, the British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837–1856), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later it was completed.
Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology. The room had a diameter of 42.6m (140ft) and was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome. However, it isn't a free-standing dome in the technical sense. It has been constructed in segments on a cast-iron framework. The ceiling is suspended on cast iron struts hanging down from the frame and is made out of papier-mâché. Many bookstacks were built surrounding the new Reading Room. They were made of iron to take the weight of the books and protect them against fire. In all, they contained three miles (4.8km) of bookcases and 25 miles (40km) of shelves.
The Reading Room opened on 2 May 1857. Between 8–16 May, the Library was opened up for a special one-off public viewing. More than 62,000 visitors came to marvel at the new building. Those wanting to use it had to apply in writing and were issued a reader's ticket by the Principal Librarian. Among those granted tickets were: Karl Marx, Lenin (who signed in under the name Jacob Richter) and novelists such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1997 the books were moved to a new purpose-built building in St Pancras and the bookstacks were taken down. As part of the Great Court development the interior of the Reading Room was carefully restored. This process saw the papier mâché interior of the dome repaired and the original blue, cream and gold colour scheme reinstated. When it reopened in 2000, the Reading Room was made available to all Museum visitors for the first time. It housed a modern information centre, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Centre, and a collection of 25,000 books, catalogues and other printed material, which focused on the world cultures represented in the Museum.
[British Museum]
The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
By the early 1850s, the British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837–1856), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later it was completed.
Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology. The room had a diameter of 42.6m (140ft) and was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome. However, it isn't a free-standing dome in the technical sense. It has been constructed in segments on a cast-iron framework. The ceiling is suspended on cast iron struts hanging down from the frame and is made out of papier-mâché. Many bookstacks were built surrounding the new Reading Room. They were made of iron to take the weight of the books and protect them against fire. In all, they contained three miles (4.8km) of bookcases and 25 miles (40km) of shelves.
The Reading Room opened on 2 May 1857. Between 8–16 May, the Library was opened up for a special one-off public viewing. More than 62,000 visitors came to marvel at the new building. Those wanting to use it had to apply in writing and were issued a reader's ticket by the Principal Librarian. Among those granted tickets were: Karl Marx, Lenin (who signed in under the name Jacob Richter) and novelists such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1997 the books were moved to a new purpose-built building in St Pancras and the bookstacks were taken down. As part of the Great Court development the interior of the Reading Room was carefully restored. This process saw the papier mâché interior of the dome repaired and the original blue, cream and gold colour scheme reinstated. When it reopened in 2000, the Reading Room was made available to all Museum visitors for the first time. It housed a modern information centre, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Centre, and a collection of 25,000 books, catalogues and other printed material, which focused on the world cultures represented in the Museum.
[British Museum]
The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
By the early 1850s, the British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837–1856), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later it was completed.
Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology. The room had a diameter of 42.6m (140ft) and was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome. However, it isn't a free-standing dome in the technical sense. It has been constructed in segments on a cast-iron framework. The ceiling is suspended on cast iron struts hanging down from the frame and is made out of papier-mâché. Many bookstacks were built surrounding the new Reading Room. They were made of iron to take the weight of the books and protect them against fire. In all, they contained three miles (4.8km) of bookcases and 25 miles (40km) of shelves.
The Reading Room opened on 2 May 1857. Between 8–16 May, the Library was opened up for a special one-off public viewing. More than 62,000 visitors came to marvel at the new building. Those wanting to use it had to apply in writing and were issued a reader's ticket by the Principal Librarian. Among those granted tickets were: Karl Marx, Lenin (who signed in under the name Jacob Richter) and novelists such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1997 the books were moved to a new purpose-built building in St Pancras and the bookstacks were taken down. As part of the Great Court development the interior of the Reading Room was carefully restored. This process saw the papier mâché interior of the dome repaired and the original blue, cream and gold colour scheme reinstated. When it reopened in 2000, the Reading Room was made available to all Museum visitors for the first time. It housed a modern information centre, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Centre, and a collection of 25,000 books, catalogues and other printed material, which focused on the world cultures represented in the Museum.
[British Museum]
The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
By the early 1850s, the British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837–1856), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later it was completed.
Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology. The room had a diameter of 42.6m (140ft) and was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome. However, it isn't a free-standing dome in the technical sense. It has been constructed in segments on a cast-iron framework. The ceiling is suspended on cast iron struts hanging down from the frame and is made out of papier-mâché. Many bookstacks were built surrounding the new Reading Room. They were made of iron to take the weight of the books and protect them against fire. In all, they contained three miles (4.8km) of bookcases and 25 miles (40km) of shelves.
The Reading Room opened on 2 May 1857. Between 8–16 May, the Library was opened up for a special one-off public viewing. More than 62,000 visitors came to marvel at the new building. Those wanting to use it had to apply in writing and were issued a reader's ticket by the Principal Librarian. Among those granted tickets were: Karl Marx, Lenin (who signed in under the name Jacob Richter) and novelists such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1997 the books were moved to a new purpose-built building in St Pancras and the bookstacks were taken down. As part of the Great Court development the interior of the Reading Room was carefully restored. This process saw the papier mâché interior of the dome repaired and the original blue, cream and gold colour scheme reinstated. When it reopened in 2000, the Reading Room was made available to all Museum visitors for the first time. It housed a modern information centre, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Centre, and a collection of 25,000 books, catalogues and other printed material, which focused on the world cultures represented in the Museum.
[British Museum]
The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
By the early 1850s, the British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837–1856), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later it was completed.
Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology. The room had a diameter of 42.6m (140ft) and was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome. However, it isn't a free-standing dome in the technical sense. It has been constructed in segments on a cast-iron framework. The ceiling is suspended on cast iron struts hanging down from the frame and is made out of papier-mâché. Many bookstacks were built surrounding the new Reading Room. They were made of iron to take the weight of the books and protect them against fire. In all, they contained three miles (4.8km) of bookcases and 25 miles (40km) of shelves.
The Reading Room opened on 2 May 1857. Between 8–16 May, the Library was opened up for a special one-off public viewing. More than 62,000 visitors came to marvel at the new building. Those wanting to use it had to apply in writing and were issued a reader's ticket by the Principal Librarian. Among those granted tickets were: Karl Marx, Lenin (who signed in under the name Jacob Richter) and novelists such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1997 the books were moved to a new purpose-built building in St Pancras and the bookstacks were taken down. As part of the Great Court development the interior of the Reading Room was carefully restored. This process saw the papier mâché interior of the dome repaired and the original blue, cream and gold colour scheme reinstated. When it reopened in 2000, the Reading Room was made available to all Museum visitors for the first time. It housed a modern information centre, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Centre, and a collection of 25,000 books, catalogues and other printed material, which focused on the world cultures represented in the Museum.
[British Museum]