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Book Bot robot in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, California

Google has created a robot that can carry books from homes back to the library

Published on 2019-04-182019-06-23
by Klaava

Book Bot robot in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, California
Google experimental lab has developed an autonomous robot that can pick up books from homes. The small robot moves along pavements in Mountain View (in Silicon Valley, California), and visits houses where books are waiting to be returned.

The robot makes … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags book, bot, California, Google, Mountain View, robot, SIlicon Valley
Georgia Tech Library, large windows in open space

Is it still a library after books have been moved to a warehouse?

Published on 2019-02-172019-02-15
by Klaava

Libraries are at a crossroads. In many countries, especially in Europe, Asia and Middle East, new massive libraries are being built. Often, they are architectural wonders that are designed to store as many books as possible. In the US, however, some … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags Atlanta, collaboration, digital, Georgia, renovation, study, transformation
Royal library in Copenhagen, Denmark

If you love libraries, take a look at this

Published on 2019-01-06
by Klaava

People who like to read books, naturally like to visit bookshops and libraries. Sometimes it is only to find out if there is anything new that catches the eye, or to check if an interesting book has mysteriously appeared to a … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags article, crowdsourcing, introduction
Ankara, Turkey, library of books discovered from trash

A library in Turkey established of books rescued from trash

Published on 2018-02-052018-02-05
by Klaava

It is amazing what people throw away into trash cans, although in some countries, throwing things away only means that the owner wants to get rid of those things quickly and easily. Recycling starts from the trash can. In Ankara, Turkey, … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags Ankara, books, discover, garbage, rescue, trash, Turkey
The Library, short film

The Library short film is for book lovers

Published on 2018-01-102018-01-09
by Klaava

Even before the television show The Librarians, many movies and shows have used libraries as an environment for scenes in the story. Few stories, however, tell about a library or take place in a library. Jason LaMotte’s short film The … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags fiction, short film, video, Vimeo
Helsinki central library, Image by ALA architects

The new Helsinki central library features strong Nordic elements, and follows global trends

Published on 2017-12-242017-12-24
by Kim

When new libraries are designed, especially in large cities across the world it is remarkable how similar concepts are features in the design: large open spaces, areas where visitors can relax with or without books, cafes, music rooms, in other words … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags ALA, architecture, Finland, Nordic, Scandinavia, video
Tianjin Binhai library designed by Dutch architects MVRDV

The new library in Tianjin, China is simply amazing

Published on 2017-11-182017-11-18
by Klaava

Public buildings, and in our era, especially libraries often have a significant role in positioning a community or an entire nation to the world. Looking at the images of the recently opened (October 2017) library in the city of Tianjin in … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags architecture, China, culture, design, education, MVRDV, Tianjin Binhai, TUPDI
library on a beach in France. photo by Actualitte

In France, beach-goers don’t have to carry books along, library is open on the beach

Published on 2017-08-222017-08-21
by Jan

The district of Seine Maritime on northern France has invented a fabulous way to delight people who like to spend time on region’s many beaches. In July and August, 12 mini libraries are established on the beaches of towns and villages … Read the Story

Categories France, Library•Tags beach, books, Dieppe, Le Havre
Luzenac village seen from Pouech

A fridge library at a tiny village at the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains

Published on 2017-08-082017-08-07
by ari

I have seen many kinds of street-side libraries where book lovers let passersby and neighbors take a book from the selection. If these readers have books they can donate, they may return a title into the selection. A Bookcrossing box in … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags bookcrossing, France, fridge, Pyrenees, St Girons
Seinäjoki Apila library, Finland

The modern libraries of Thionville, France and Seinäjoki, Finland have something in common

Published on 2017-02-152017-02-13
by Klaava

Public libraries all over the world have a new problem to solve: how to provide the best possible services to citizens when the core service of a library – printed book – is transforming to digital format. Ebooks can be checked … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags community, digital, Europe, Finland, France, Scandinavia, Seinäjoki, Thionville
Gladstone's Library, books

If you have always wanted to stay a night at a library, now it is possible in Wales

Published on 2017-01-062017-01-06
by Klaava

There is an atmosphere of utmost safety and eternal truth in old libraries. They are like small and simple worlds inside the big and complex world we live in. On top of that, old libraries often are beautiful. So, who wouldn’t … Read the Story

Categories Library•Tags bed, Europe, Gladstone, hotel, night, sleep, UK, Wales
bookcrossing street library in Spain

A roadside #library on a quiet beach road in Costa Blanca.

Published on 2016-12-11
by Klaava

Categories Library•Tags bookcrossing, costa blanca, photography

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