Magnificent Libraries around the World (26 photos)

my study

"Number 7 is such a novel idea"

Isn't she a beautiful?

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The one you put in the OP

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Yep. Looks like it came out of Fantasia....

Omg I'd lose it in the Yale one.

I guess this beauty just missed the cut at 27


with its masterful cataloging system using high-tech post-it note technology

What about library exteriors. Eastern Europe has some really odd ones.

Here are some one's I've been to that stood out:

National Library - Pristina, Kosovo
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Latvian National Library - Riga, Latvia


National Library of Estonia - Tallinn, Estonia


Warsaw Universtiy Library

EBR has a nice one

We have much more affordable, space efficient ways of storing and cataloging information these days. Still cool to see those giant old libraries though.

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We have much more affordable, space efficient ways of storing and cataloging information these days. Still cool to see those giant old libraries though.

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A library shouldn't just be a place to store physical information. It should be a community resource.

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I think there's intrinsic value for human beings to "memorialize" the concept of knowledge, learning and history in these beautiful buildings. Shrines to ourselves, so to speak.