Libraries of the future: Super connectivity and a national stature
Why our new library needs superfast broadband…
Source: Libraries of the future: Super connectivity and a national stature
13 free websites and apps you can use to educate yourself to avoid university tuition fees and costly living expenses
What do you think? Can websites and apps replace libraries?
Thinking about studying at university can be a big decision and the prospect of three to four years of education is often outweighed by the burden of debt that comes along with it.
Southampton libraries face axe unless volunteers come forward – BBC News
Five libraries in Southampton should be shut unless volunteers come forward to run them, a council report recommends.
Source: Southampton libraries face axe unless volunteers come forward – BBC News
Library Turned to Dust
Bits of the building have been exposed during the demolition process and it is hard to know what bit went where any more. Let’s not get into the stages of beginnings and endings that makes us all feel like failed Churchills. This load of rubble will be cleared, holes will be dug and walls will be built. Throw in a couple of windows, some doors and dress with bookshelves, books, table, chairs, coffee and people and hurrah! The new Cricklewood Library lives.
Campaigners need to raise £100k to open volunteer-run library in Cricklewood – Heritage – Kilburn Times
Campaigners in Cricklewood need to raise £100,000 if they want to get their new library up and running by March next year.
Less of a Library, More of a Building Site
Cricklewood Library (1929) is leaving us, being dismantled from the inside out… and from the rubble a new building will be born.
demolished from within
The building is shrouded in white plastic sheeting and scaffolding, and set back behind black hoardings. So what can you see? Nothing. We’ve got a couple of photos from an insider, risking life and limb and sporting a safety helmet, having signed a waiver about liability.
