Cultural Research

Beautiful New Library Buildings

Library Journal shares some library buildings completed between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.

Some real beauties. Glad they got them done in time!

Presidential Libraries: From Richard Nixon to George W.

Fast Company compares Presidential libraries with a quick take on architectural design. Jimmy Carter's my favorite.

Makes me wonder what kind of library Obama will come up with.

The Making of Molly: A Library in a Bus

The Making of Molly (NLB Mobile Library Bus) 2008

From YouTube:

"A three-minute video produced by the National Library Board (NLB) Singapore. Shows the refurbishment of the bus for the Mobile Library Service. The service was launched on 3 April 2008."

I'm starting off my Mobile Libraries category with this video as a tongue-in-cheek gesture, since Mobile Libraries will actually focus on libraries and mobile communications. But I'm also using this look at a bus transformed into a library to launch my Libraries category because looking at unique solutions to library access is one way to find a fresh vantage point for considering what a library might be.