Posts from the 21st Century

After looking at photos of the Vancouver Library that our instructor shared, I wondered:   What do library and information professionals and students consider to be the should-see libraries of the Americas?   For me, besides the Seattle Public Library, three should-see libraries in the Western Hemisphere are:

**University of Rochester River Campus Library (renovation scheduled for completion in 2007).  Librarians sought student input for the library renovation, and students developed the design for the new space.  A brief Library Journal article sums up the user-oriented approach.

**Prelinger Library in San Francisco.  Read about this library in the May 2007, Harper’s Magazine article by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “A World in Three Aisles:  Browsing the Post-Digital World.”  The Prelinger may or may not be a should-see library for you, but the article is a must-read.

**Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro (pictured above).  Many consider this to be one of the world’s most beautiful libraries.  See photos (Portuguese text).

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*In the category of Blunders by a Beginning Blogger:  This entry was published before it was complete and has been edited subsequent to its first publication.