Posts filed under ‘unusual libraries’
20 Heroic Librarians Who Save the World
So glad someone has gathered together these heroic librarians from books, TV, and film. In particular I call your attention to the bookaneers in China Mieville’s excellent novel Un Lun Dun. About time somebody wrote a novel where a prophecy is a crock. Thanks, io9!
I want to go to there.
Super-cool cafe in New York City looks like a library flipped on its side. It’s called D’Espresso and it’s a block from the main branch of the New York Public Library. Not a real library, but definitely a library shenanigan. Thanks, BoingBoing!
Portable lighthouse libraries
The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy showcases these beautiful wooden trunks holding beautiful 19th-century books. Thanks, David Weinstock!
Electronic Home Library (1959)
Here’s a vision of an “electronic home library” from a 1959 newspaper. Note the projection of text onto the ceiling. Thanks, BoingBoing and Paleo-Future!
Livin’ la Vida Library with George B. Zip
George B. Zip tries to convince the Seattle Public Library that they should open a branch in his apartment.
Mule library!
In Venezuela in 2007, mules carry a lending-library of books to people in remote areas. Not really a shenanigan, more of a wonderful idea, but still, mules carrying books! That’s cool. More here. (Thanks, BoingBoing!)
Hobbit house for a private library
Architect Peter Archer designed a hobbit house to hold a private library. Reported in 2007, location unclear but probably Chester County, Pennsylvania. More here. (Thanks, BoingBoing!)
Phonebox library
Phonebox has new life as library. Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset, England, 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/8385313.stm (Thanks, BoingBoing!) More photographs of the phone booth library are here: http://www.recyclart.org/2010/07/phone-booth-library/. Thanks, Dina Wood!
Library Shenanigans 