Libraries now? Libraries WOW!

Hi there everyone, sorry about the rather late entry. I was at work placement last week and thanks to being too tired to even look at my computer when I got home around 6pm I forgot. So this is last week’s entry! 

This week I took a look at a blog post by Edgar Crook (posted November 28^th, 2011) about a new library that had been built in the UK. In this blog he posts a peek at an article on a revolutionary new library in the UK. Following the link at the bottom of the page to the full article, which can be found here http://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/564/first_super_library_opens_in_london_as_southwark_council_looks_to_the_future (viewed 14/09/2021), I was amazed at what I found.

 

The article talks about a new library opened up in Southwark, London, which offers far more than just books. Costing more than 14 million pounds(!) the library gives its patrons more than 40,000 books, CDs and DVDs, a café, more than 79 computers and laptops with free Wi-Fi, a theatre space that is used for plays, performances and business meetings, areas where classes are conducted and even has its own train station under the library! 

Holy heck…Wow, just wow! Why don’t we have one of these?! This is an amazing look into what libraries are becoming and from some of the pictures I saw on the libraries website it is absolutely beautiful. I cannot express my amazement at this library. It definitely shows that libraries are changing at a remarkable rate into more than just reading spaces.