For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library more often
Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941]
(Source: runswithvamps, via inkstainsandpencilshavings)
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Weapon of Mass Instruction
Built from a welded frame atop a 1979 Ford Falcon, Raul Lemesoff drives around the streets of Buenos Aires distributing free books to anybody who wants to be assaulted with some serious learnin’.
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I think this is the Hofbibliothek, Hofburg Palace, Vienna (Austrian National Library.)
I have been there and it is hypnotizing.
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Photo of librarian Dr. Sarah Thomas placing a book on a shelf following the arrival of the one millionth book at the Bodleian Book Storage Facility in Swindon, England. Comprising 154 miles of shelving the purpose built facility which opened three months ago to house items from the University of Oxford’s Bodleian library will eventually hold over 6.5 million volumes. Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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The Case For Keeping Libraries Alive
It’s not about checking out more books. An initiative is focusing on libraries around the world as centers of social and economic change, as well as centers to help the most disadvantaged citizens.
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