A four-part detailed history of the origins and evolution of Australia's first free public Library.
Some of the highlights of the new building designed by the architect Sir Colin St John Wilson and formally opened by HM The Queen in June 1998.
The story of the library founded in 1900 by Emily Howe, with history and future plans.
The history of the library, widely recognized as one of the most beautiful library spaces in North America. Includes a link to a small photo gallery.
An illustrated timeline of one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom, with its origins in the Middle Ages, but now housed in a building of the 1960s.
A database of descriptions and images of recent UK public library building projects. A resource for sharing expertise and experience on library planning and design.
A seven-storey reinforced concrete structure built in 1969 at the McGill campus in Montreal and designed by Dobush, Stewart, and Bourke. Description and photographs.
A factsheet on the Sumner Community Library, a Carnegie Library in the Tudor Revival style, which first opened in 1915 and was restored and expanded in 2004.
An environmentally friendly building opened in 2003 and winner of a supreme award for architecture at the NZIA awards. Designed by Architecture Warren and Mahoney. Links to photographs and further information about the building.
A brief history from its founding in 1882, with illustrations and links to further details. The 1924 buildings designed by Myron Hunt and H.C.Chambers were restored and renovated between 1984 and 1990.
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