what are y'all favourite libraries

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sorry for the second question in a row, but...

what libraries r0x0r? north library on holloway rd is cool and has a lot of stuff, but halifax library is the best in the country for cds and shit, all calderdale libraries have, like, Air Liquide albums in out of the way places like todmordern and sowerby bridge.

brownswood library is just round the corner from me, and has sadly been allowed to fall into rack and ruin. john barnes library, what is that about? surely not after the liverpool footballer?

i just wanted to say that libraries are ultracool yo

― gareth, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The oreintal reading room of the fifth avenue brancxh of the NYC .
And one when i was travelling through North Dakota . the library was 3 old school buses. It had 1500 books crammed in these 3 buses. They would travel from farm to farrm so people could read. They had alot of really great books as well !

― anthony, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The British Library is nice architecture wise, inside it's well designed, but the air contiditioning makes it too cold to concentrate. I used to like the Learning Resource Centre at TVU, but probably because I had free internet access. I used to work in a library, it was really just one room in a big open plan office, so that's my least favourite one.

― james e l, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gareth, my mother would give you big sloppy kisses for this (which would anger my father).

The branch of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square is pretty cool, but the cathedrial grandiosity of the old St. Paul Library is pretty hard to beat.

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I would just like to celebrate *very* highly the utterly brilliant library system at the University of California, Irvine, most specifically the wonderful Main Library Reserve section of this hallowed institution, staffed in part by the friendliest and most talented billing supervisor you'll ever meet. Praise him with great praise! A pity I can't remember the guy's name.

Faves -- Coronado Public Library in my hometown was wonderful, read a lot of favorites there early on, from Doris Lessing to William Gibson. UCLA's main ones are okay; beyond that I haven't been to many libraries specifically, but I always liked the look of the Bibliotheque Nationale, at least from the outside.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I read so much at my (small)hometown library that they eventually asked me what books they should get. It led me to my first job in Vancouver as a buyer for a independent bookstore. They went under after the first 8 months .

― anthony, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Brand Library of Music and Art in Glendale, California. It's part of the Glendale/Pasadena library system and it's entirely devoted to, duh, music and art. A huge vinyl collection (loads of obscure folk and musique concrete type stuff), sheet music, bios, obscure art books, all the current art mags. The building itself is a turn-of-the-century mansion in a pretty little park in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, so you can go for a hike if you feel restless.

Very civilized, ye olde Californ-i-a sort of place, I wish I worked there.

― Arthur, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is one supposed to have a favorite library? I appreciate the architecture of Vancouver new public library, but, favorite library? After working in a couple of University libraries, I am growing to hate libraries entirely.

― tOM p, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like that one too, mostly for its symbolism.

― anthony, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Central Library in Dartford is *magnificent*.

― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Apparently, Cranbrook Library in Gants Hill has the largest collection of books outside the British Library, in a big underground vault. So I'm told.

― DG, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

North, off Holloway Rd

― tarden, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Bodleian Library! Ask for silly books like the 1987 Barbie annual and watch them get incredibly annoyed.

― Paul Strange, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The library of babel.

― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have yet to find a library in London that I like. In NYC, I was rather spoiled by the huge massive edifice on 5th Ave and 42nd St. Even though all the actual books were kept across the road on 40th St, the McKim Mead & White architecture was just palacial. And they filmed Ghostbusters there.

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If you're lucky enough to live in westminstrer or live or work in the city, bith the westminster libraries will order anything for you as long as its been out more than 3 months. Westminster council has some serious money. City of London libraries in the Barbican has and enormous music collection and like most other things in the barbican has a layout by M C Esher.

I like the rngineering library at sheffield it is a great place to work, except in about the two weeks of summer when it gets too hot.

― Ed, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't like libraries becuase they gave Nicky Wire power.

― Nick, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

National Library of Scotland. Except when it's full of all the members of the department here who I'm trying to avoid.

― alex thomson, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

Strangely enough, I've never used the NY Public Library yet. I've been spoiled by my college's library system, which is excellent and open to alumni like myself. Used to use Princeton University's library, too, but can't do that now that I am not a student any more.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Monday, 1 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't like libraries becuase they gave Nicky Wire power.

Don't worry Nick, it is my solemn vow to some day TAKE IT AWAY from him. Oh yes.

I will cut up his library card in front of him and make him cry...

― Nicole, Monday, 1 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

NYC 'lions' library at 42nd and 5th is great because I used to sit in there and do my reading before going to my shit student job - perfect.

― suzy, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The best law library is Columbia Law School's. A true "temple of legal research" if ever there was one. And exceedingly generous and accomodating to those of us who went to crappier law schools than Columbia (unlike that other, allegedly less snooty law school in the Village, where even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court wouldn't have been allowed to enter because he wasn't an NYU student).

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Girton College library was great. At least, it was when I was working there. I got paid for buggering round on the internet and reading, only occasionally being interrupted by students trying to take out or bring back books. Evening shifts were the best, as I could sent out for dinner and the odd G+T from the college bar.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Robertson (Roberts?) Library at University of Toronto, across the street from CIUT. Thing is supposed to be a flying Canadian Goose as viewed from above but its insane in a good way on the inside.

― Mr Noodles, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My Mum and Dad have got 15000 books and every Barbra Streisand album. That'll do.

― chris, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I wasn't sure whether this should go in this thread or the Manchester one, but seeing as the Manchester one's flipped into a Rough Trade C or D thread, I figured to come here.

Manchester Central Library is way cool because it's ROUND. Library Walk is my favourite place in Manchester. It's a little pathway between the Library and the Town Hall and it makes you feel really tiny because there's these two massive buildings curving round you and they both have huge, oversized windows. It rocks.

― jamesmichaelward, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

I love these old threads where Gareth shows that he doesn't know how to use "y'all"...but wants to!

Really cute.

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 08:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/art/images/chicago_public_library.jpg

― n/a, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 13:03 (eighteen years ago)

haha y'all favourite

Libraries, can't stand the places.

― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

Librarians are the WORST!!!!

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

How do you feel about library assistants?

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)

LOVE THEM

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

All is well.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

j/k i love librarians of all shapes and sizes

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

love my hometown's university library, always have. and now my daughter hasa job there as well. temporarily, though.

― t**t, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

(this 'puter's keyboard's fukkened for serious. dothey drinkst and poureth liquor into it here in the studio or wot?)

― t**t, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

Librarians are the WORST!!!!

AMEN.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

the first time i ever heard "y'all's", i started giggling. love it! you plural possessive!

coincidentally, it came out of the mouth of a librarian.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 18:49 (eighteen years ago)

no, sorry. not just "y'alls." it was y'alls'", i.e. ("yalls-is")

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

still haven't thought through yt'all?
:)

― t**t, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 19:59 (eighteen years ago)

six years pass...

http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.messynessychic.com/static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1024x1011xoldcincinnatilibrary5.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Ks5lBybQzR.jpg

http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/06/17/seriously-though-how-did-the-most-beautiful-library-in-america-get-demolished/

― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 29 June 2014 17:13 (eleven years ago)

Cool, thanks.

― Riot In #9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 June 2014 17:25 (eleven years ago)

that photo is mind boggling.

― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 29 June 2014 19:04 (eleven years ago)

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