Comments on: You Could Look it Up

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:02:40 +0000

Awesome post, thanks for this one. Those libraries..wow, a looong way from the Midwood Public Libray of my youth, on East.17th st…

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:20:31 +0000

“Read, read, read, read! Let me tell you something – last time I read a book, I was raped. Let that be a lesson to you.” – Madeline Kahn as Betty in Yellowbeard

: )

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:39:35 +0000

[10] Oops, shhh! >;)

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:38:50 +0000

[9] As someone who frequently applies for and enjoys copyright protection, I must say you ROCK! >;)

By: Yankster

Yankster — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:46:48 +0000

SHHHH. Don’t tell anyone, but I’m a librarian at the Library of Congress. Nice to see a post that looks like what I see down the hall, and yes, in my opinion, it’s heaven.

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:56:31 +0000

[6]

Interesting that the photographer’s name is Candida Höfer.

(I’m having a Beavis and Butt-head moment)

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:53:52 +0000

City public libraries always get the short end of the stick budgetarily, sadly.

While the Kindle and similar readers are nice, there is still something to the tactile comfort of having a page-turner in one’s hands.

By: rbj

rbj — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:53:41 +0000

Oh man, I need a cigarette now. . .

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:50:01 +0000

[4] No. Remember, not everyone can afford to go digital. When the Kindle is as commonplace as the TV, then maybe. Still too many people out there that aren’t tech-savvy or are too scared of it.

I have to admit, those libraries makes my favorite book “repository” (The Strand) look like a public bathroom in the Lower East Side. Anyplace that values thinking is gonna have it’s library(ies) be one of the nicest buildings in town.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:02:34 +0000

Deep Thought

Will the Kindle end up destroying libraries as we know them?

By: Just Fair

Just Fair — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:00:08 +0000

I just passed this along to my librarian. Hopefully she gets past the first few lines before suing me for sexual harassment. : D

By: unmoderated

unmoderated — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:38:36 +0000

i think that one is in amsterdam, right? my wife visited before she was my wife.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:28:45 +0000

I could get lost for days in some of those libraries