Beautiful...wonderful...LIBRARIES!!!

I love books. Love them. But even if you aren't a book lover, there is just something about the sight of shelf upon shelf of them, thousands of different textures, sizes, colors...all filled with knowledge and imagination. So when I was trying to think of what to post first on the new blog, I thought, what better than photos of some super duper homes for books? I doubt if I have even scratched the surface of all the awesome libraries in the world, but here are a few that caught my eye. Some of them may surprise you. :)

Strahov Theological Hall- Prague, Czech Republic

Beinecke Library- Yale University

Thomas Fisher Library- Toronto, Canada

Real Gabinete Portuges de Leitura- Rio De Janero, Brazil

Trinity College Library- Dublin, Ireland

Melk Abbey Library- Krems, Austria

British Museum Reading Room (I've actually visited this one!)

George Peabody Library- John Hopkins University

Salem Courthouse & Library

A.D. White Reading Room- Cornell University


The funniest ever library:

Kansas City Public Library


The world's smallest library:

Somerset, England Book Exchange


If you can't get to the books, the books will come to you!

Donkey Library- Colombia

Bookmobile- Japan


And because I couldn't resist. :)

Isn't it refreshing to know that in this age of e-readers and disappearing bookstores, books- real ones with paper pages- are still so prominent in the world?