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Close-up view of scratch on south wall of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Printed on front: "Detroit Library Commission. Addns & alterations to Main Public Library. Bryant & Detwiler Company, contr. Descr. south elev., scratch on wall made by D.P.L. tractor. No. 10. Date: 2-7-61. Win Brunner, photo."
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
North entrance of the Main Library, The University of Iowa, 1960s
Creator: Kent, Frederick Wallace
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Aictcs_17708
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Welcome to the library, stories are organized into sections indicated below! Happy reading :))
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Terrell Main Library: What’s Up Those Stairs?
Just a little over a year ago we were asked to close the upper floors of the Terrell Main Library, but if you have been following us on Instagram, Facebook and/or Twitter you have gotten to see a bit of the upper floors that are usually packed full of Obies
Since part of the job of the reference staff is teaching students, staff, and faculty how to navigate the libraries, I thought I might just take you on a short tour, highlighting some of the things this space has to offer. So jump aboard while I navigate. Mudd Center was built to house the expanding library and the computing center in the 1970’s, so you will see lots of 70’s style and bright colors (Interiors Magazine), a stand out against the cold, grey brutalist architecture of its exterior.
We will start on the 4th floor where Special Collections and Archives live. Here you will find a unique feature — the sun deck. In the cold and rainy months no one gives it much mind, but when the sun shines you can study right next to the skylights that look down to the second floor. You will find womb chairs and the scholar study bridge, both which also appear on floors 3 and 2. The womb chairs are set so you gaze out the front windows at the scholar study bridge. The bridge is filled with small study rooms which are available to those working on final research projects such as capstones or honors.
Moving to the 3rd floor you will find the East Asian collection in the brightly lit core where you can look up at the skylight and down to the cushion pit below. You will find this is to be a studious floor with plenty of stacks filled with books, original bright plastic seating options and study carrels galore.
One more floor down you will find the Letterpress Studio, where many a winter term has been held and classes have come to visit the old hand-operated printing presses. You can see examples of the types of prints that can be produced in our studio just outside the door, as well as displays of tools historically used in printmaking. On the 2nd floor, you will also find more books, mostly literature, and plenty of places to study, even a spot next to a big plant or two. Speaking of two, along the west wall you will find carrels, yes built for two.
Thank you for coming aboard. Closing the floors has been hard, but we hope in the not too distant future things will change and you can find yourself stuck in Mudd once again!
Science library vs. Humanities library 📚
(both are nice study spaces)
Finally got to visit the new Billie Jean King Main Library in downtown Long Beach. A beautiful new facility, though I will miss the Brutalist style of the soon to be demolished library across the way.
Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK.
The Main Library (top)
The Old Library (bottom)
Photographs by Michael D Beckwith, +, +
View of the Chicago Skyline as seen from the Kellogg Global Hub
