BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "libraries" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:58:13 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) What Was Your Favorite Book In High School And Why? http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/what-was-your-favorite-book-in-high-school-and-why

Were you the kid reading Catcher In The Rye , did you go through a really bitter Lord Of The Flies phase, how many times were you forced to read The Great Gatsby ? We want to know what your favorite book was and why!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/what-was-your-favorite-book-in-high-school-and-why Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:32:10 -0500 <b>Were you the kid reading <i>Catcher In The Rye</i>, did you go through a really bitter <i>Lord Of The Flies</i> phase, how many times were you forced to read <i>The Great Gatsby</i>?</b> We want to know what your favorite book was and why! ryanhatesthis nonadult 8 Bad Ass Libraries http://www.buzzfeed.com/nileguide/8-bad-ass-libraries-566k As if books weren’t cool enough by themselves, they go and put them in these awesome buildings.

National Library of Belarus - Minsk, Belarus

National Library of Belarus - Minsk, Belarus

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Real Gabinete Portugues Leitura &ndash; Rio de Janeiro

Real Gabinete Portugues Leitura – Rio de Janeiro

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Seattle Central Library &ndash; Seattle, Washington

Seattle Central Library – Seattle, Washington

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The Holy See &ndash; Vatican City, Italy

The Holy See – Vatican City, Italy

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/nileguide/8-bad-ass-libraries-566k Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:02:08 -0500 <b>As if books weren't cool enough by themselves, they go and put them in these awesome buildings.</b> nileguide nonadult Incredibly Intricate Historic Libraries http://www.buzzfeed.com/txblacklabel/incredibly-intricate-historic-libraries-28m7 This day an age of technology we can’t forget the analog internet cafes with dark wood, detailed workmanship, leaded glass windows and tier after towering tier of books – classic historic libraries are a bibliophile’s dream.

The largest monastic library in the world is located in Admont in Austria. Admont Abbey was founded in 1074 and settled by Benedictine monks.

Via: en.wikipedia.org

Canada’s Library of Parliament was originally built in 1876 and is the only part of the Centre Block to remain untouched after a fire in 1916.

Via: en.wikipedia.org

Completed in 1926 in Collegiate Gothic style, the University of Washington’s Suzzallo LIbrary contains an incredible 250-foot long, 52-foot wide Graduate Reading Room featuring a timber-vaulted ceiling, leaded windows and cast-stone ashlar wall blocks.

Via: railgun74

A lacy white banister flows along tier after tier of books and down a beautiful spiral staircase at the Iowa State Capitol Law Library, located in the Capitol building.

Via: statelibraryofiowa.org

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/txblacklabel/incredibly-intricate-historic-libraries-28m7 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:02:09 -0500 <b>This day an age of technology we can't forget the analog internet cafes with dark wood, detailed workmanship, leaded glass windows and tier after towering tier of books – classic historic libraries are a bibliophile’s dream.</b> txblacklabel nonadult Awesome Quotes From 11 Famous Writers On Censorship http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/awesome-quotes-from-famous-writers-on-censorship Celebrate Banned Books Week better by letting Twain, Bradbury, Shaw, and other famous writers remind you how censorship is not awesome.

~ Mark Twain

~ George Bernard Shaw

~ Kingsley Amis

~ Andre P. Brink

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/awesome-quotes-from-famous-writers-on-censorship Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:00:58 -0400 <b>Celebrate <em>Banned Books Week</em> better by letting Twain, Bradbury, Shaw, and other famous writers remind you how censorship is not awesome.</b> mikehayes nonadult A Bibliophile's Wet Dream http://www.buzzfeed.com/snarkvictory/the-wet-dreams-of-bibliophiles-3zgp I may have popped a literary boner for this concept. Olivier Charles created this digital rendering for an International Competition of Architecture for the Stockholm Public Library.

Via: cgsociety.org

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/snarkvictory/the-wet-dreams-of-bibliophiles-3zgp Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:02:07 -0400 <b>I may have popped a literary boner for this concept.</b> Olivier Charles created this digital rendering for an <a href="http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/stockholm_library_interior">International Competition of Architecture</a> for the Stockholm Public Library. snarkvictory nonadult Isaac Asimov On Libraries http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/isaac-asimov-on-libraries BRB, hugging my bookcase forever.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/isaac-asimov-on-libraries Thu, 26 May 2011 12:14:22 -0400 BRB, hugging my bookcase forever. donnad nonadult Tool Libraries http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/tool-libraries-6y

As the availability of urban apartment space continues to decline, a whole new style of library has begun popping up around the country.

The Best Links:

  1. Tool Libraries: The Sharpest Tack in the Shed
  2. West Philly Tool List
  3. List of Tool Lending Libraries
  4. Public Libraries for Tools
  5. Berkely’s Tool Lending Library
  6. Building Dreams (Affordably)
  7. The West Philly Tool Library
  8. Industrial Tinkering Place
  9. Community-Building Tool Libraries
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/tool-libraries-6y Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:39:34 -0400 As the availability of urban apartment space continues to decline, a whole new style of library has begun popping up around the country. ries nonadult Playboy For The Blind http://www.buzzfeed.com/jonah/playboy-for-the-blind The Library of Congress produces a braille version of the girlie magazine.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jonah/playboy-for-the-blind Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:12:19 -0400 The Library of Congress produces a braille version of the girlie magazine. jonah nonadult Clothing Libraries http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Clothing_Libraries

A volunteer run organization in Australia loans out clothing to unemployed people for crucial job interviews.

The Best Links:

  1. US-based Nonprofit: Dress for Success
  2. Clothing Library Keeps 1500 Outfits on Hand for Homeless People with Job Interviews
  3. Great Idea for Moms Growing Out of Their Maternity Clothes
  4. Treehugger Touts the Reusability Factor of Clothing Libraries in Australia and England
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Clothing_Libraries Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:38:37 -0400 A volunteer run organization in Australia loans out clothing to unemployed people for crucial job interviews. buzz nonadult