Central Library, Edinburgh

From: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Library,_Edinburgh_049.jpg

Interior View of Stockholm Public Library

 From: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_view_of_Stockholm_Public_Library.jpg

The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries: Real Gabinete Português de Leitura

Built by immigrants bent on promoting their mother country, this 

month’s dive into one of the world’s most awe-inducing spaces 

focuses on a jewel of library architecture in Brazil.

William O’Connor

Travel Editor

Updated 10.19.19 2:27PM ET / Published 10.19.19 5:11AM ET 

To see the photos, visit here. then judge for yourself!

Strahov Library, Prague

Why does my library never look like this?

From: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strahov_Library,_Prague_-_7521.jpg

Essex pupils hug library in World Book Day protest

In the realm of adorable, but also sad, news...

Essex pupils hug library in World Book Day protest

7 March 2019

 

"Children have 'hugged' their village library in protest against its earmarked closure.

Pupils from St Michael's Junior School in Galleywood, near Chelmsford, formed a ring and sang songs around Galleywood Library..."

From:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-47486479

Welsh statutette in library

"Here is a statue of Gladstone inside Gladstone's Library. Located in Hawarden, Wales, UK." From: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/144332

Gladstone looks like the kind of librarian who would go "shhh" a lot...

A library in a Malaysia campus

...or so the caption says. It looks pretty English language-centric for a Malaysian library...

From: https://publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=58234&picture=knowledge-first

Big library in Amsterdam, Netherlands

From: https://www.goodfreephotos.com/albums/netherlands/amsterdam/big-library-in-amsterdam-netherlands.jpg

Romanian library

From: http://www.foxcrawl.com/2015/09/21/world-most-beautiful-library-iasi-gheorghe-asachi-university-romania/

The website this is from claims the photo is public domain, and also claims this library was voted "most beautiful library in the world" in some poll somewhere. There is a 2-minute video showing the library you can watch if you follow through that link, so you can judge for yourself.

Librarian helps donate more than 30,000 books to public library for students in Kenya

"It's the first time these students will get to experience a full library"

Updated: 1:39 PM PDT Sep 24, 2018

Victoria Ottomanelli  

 

"A librarian from Delray Beach, Florida, raised enough money to have more than 30,000 books donated to help create public libraries for students in Kenya, Africa..."

 

From:  https://www.kcra.com/article/librarian-donates-books-kenya/23419326

Librarians, making a difference in the world!