We're still checking out the second floor of MPPL, though I love this "book cake" so much I could have dedicated a whole post just to it. Apparently it was created for the library's 75th anniversary, but is so amazing that they couldn't bring themselves to put it away in storage. I wouldn't either; it is just an amazing creation.
I always love seeing typewriters!
Oops! Yesterday I was calling this the research room, but its proper name is the Harold Weary Genealogy and Local History Room. In fact, now that I've thought more about it, I think I recall reading a plaque in that room once explaining that the odd collections on display in the room came from Harold Weary's personal collections. So that explains that part of yesterday's post...
Comfy reading nook, or a lethal trap where if you sit down the giant wooden disc comes crashing down on top of you? You decide!
More of those cement block walls that I noticed the other day. Again, I'm thinking these might be holdovers from the original outside of the building, but I'm still not sure.
Libraries tend to all be big, spacious rooms these days, so having tiny hallways connecting parts of the library to each other strike me as really refreshing.
The meeting rooms are just dark because they are not in use. I love how low-tech they are, with easel boards instead of computer monitors or smart boards.
The view through the corner of one of the meeting rooms, towards the periodicals section. Those bright red boxes really stand out.
Government documents, wooo! You knew I was going to land here eventually. MPPL is one of only two public library depository libraries in the Chicago suburbs (sadly, soon to be the last one).
As usual, there is room for signage improvement. Little signs like these were my only indicators (besides familiar titles) that I was in GovDocLand!
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