New Library

I love libraries. Old ones, underfunded ones, you name it. But is nice once in a while to see a brand new, huge, well designed library.

A few weekends ago, a coworker and I drove to Roanoke's South County library branch for a mini-conference. We learned about genealogy and new apps, but it was just as much fun to walk through this beautiful library.

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 It isn't exactly centrally located (yet), but we found it (eventually).

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The place is just so great! There is a big door into the children's area, huge windows, multiple fireplaces, private reading areas, and a teen area. They were advertising for great community events- including a Day of the Doctor event!

Library in Banff

I almost forgot that I snapped a picture of the public library in Banff. Perhaps not as flashy as the library in Calgary, but who am I not to take a picture of a library I see?

VLA Conference

I was lucky enough to attend the Virginia Library Association's conference recently in Williamsburg, VA.

The conference was great! I learned a lot- but I wanted to share with you what really surprised me: I came home with stuff!

I will never run out of pens of questionable quality!

Time Travel: Libraries in Calgary

Time Travel: Life got a bit away from me this summer. I have been working on finishing up school, and with the addition of my lovely almost full time job, I haven't much time for anything else. Posts with the Time Travel disclosure were posted well after I intended to post them (and not always at the right time). Sorry!

The truth is, I can't go anywhere without looking for Libraries ore strange library novelty things. Here they are from Canada.

Time Travel: Library Sightings

Time Travel: Life got a bit away from me this summer. I have been working on finishing up school, and with the addition of my lovely almost full time job, I haven't much time for anything else. Posts with the Time Travel disclosure were posted well after I intended to post them. Sorry!

While in PIttsburgh, we found a few picture-worthy mentions of libraries around town. How cool!

They are hard to see, but we found both a bar called the library, and a road called Library Rd. I love it!