Beaux-Arts interior of the Library of Congress, Wash., D.C.: staircase with statue on a pedastal; upper-level gallery, with Greek columns. With staffage providing scale: Anonymous humans walking up the stairs, and one walking on the lower level. With copyright notice, img bottom-left

Library of Congress, Wash., D.C. 📸 Casio EX-S2(Exilim) 2megapixel compact "slim" digital camera
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#indoorphotography
#vintagedigitalphotography
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for the thread #PalacesandGardens theme of #UpstairsDownstairs

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#PhotographersOfBluesky

analog photography: German National Library Leipzig analog photography: German National Library Leipzig Camera: Beirette VSN (Kamera-Fabrik Woldemar Beier/VEB Kamerafabrik Freital) Camera lens: Meritar 2,8/45 Film: S/W ORWO NP 20, 135-36 Panchromatic (...

analog photography: German National Library Leipzig
#Leipzig #blackandwhite #analog #beirettevsn #Library #NationalLibrary #deutschenationalbibliothek #bibliothek
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National Library of Austria.

Here are some impressions of the libraries state hall that I visited yesterday.

#nationallibrary #austri #wien #vienna #hofburg #photography #sonyalpha #captureone

#AlphabetChallenge #EastcoastKin #WeekCforCloseUp #artchallenge #BlueSkyPhotography #ArtYear #PhotographersofBluesky
#fireplace #wood #carving #detail #Nationallibrary #Ireland

European journal of chemistry (Print) - #NationalLibrary of #Medicine Institution

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Good grief! Why? First they trash the #universities, then #CSIRO and now #NationalLibrary board has been militarised. Seems @australianlabor.bsky.social is determined to wreck the joint. #auspol

NLI's Reading Room

📚✨Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay! Today, let's celebrate the magic of words and the joy of #reading!

[📷: #NationalLibrary #ReadingRoom showing balcony and clock, taken before 1895; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...

𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍. *Title of the Work: The National Library of Kosovo, Pristina, built between 1971 and 1982. *Type of Work: Photography *Creator/Author: Unknown *Source: 𝕏 Federico Italiano / @FedeItaliano76 *Posting: August 15, 2025 *Description or Context: The National Library of Kosovo, Pristina, built between 1971 and 1982. 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 — 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞 — 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞.

Balkan brutalism at its finest. As if #Borges had designed a fortress for memories. #Architecture that feels like a #DystopianDream trapped in concrete & domes. Pristina, suspended between memory and future.

#Art #Photography #NationalLibrary
#Kosovo #AndrijaMutnjaković
#Byzantine #Ottoman

Great to hear Professor Brett Sutton speak tonight. Recommend listening to the recording, available in about a week #nationallibrary

Brazil donates 60 books to National Library Brazil donates 60 books to National Library NBC Online Sun, 07/27/2025 - 16:59

#Brazil #BooksDonation #NationalLibrary #CulturalExchange #Education

Dos chicas se están haciendo un selfi ante la estatua de Alfonso X el Sabio, en la entrada de la Biblioteca Nacional, en Madrid. -Sube un escalón, así se ve mejor el libro de la estatua. -Las Siete Partidas, como estudio Derecho, me gusta mucho -A mi me gustan más las Cántigas a Santa María Hay jóvenes que les gusta leer, informarse, estudiar, y divertirse también. Y no están todo el día en internet viendo vídeos de tontolabas unineuronales.

Selfie de unas muchachas junto Alfonso X El Sabio.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

📷 #fotografia #Madrid #Photography #streetphotography #blueskyphotography #urbanphotography #NationalLibrary

"VENUE VISION FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY"

@janekbradley.bsky.social for EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS.

Plans to transform the century-old #NationalLibrary in #Edinburgh founded by McVitie's biscuit money.

#EdinburghEveningNews
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
@scotsman.com

"VENUE VISION FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY"

@janekbradley.bsky.social for EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS.

Plans to transform the century-old #NationalLibrary in #Edinburgh founded by McVitie's biscuit money.

#EdinburghEveningNews
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
@scotsman.com

Chinese Ambassador Zhao Weiping Donates Books to the National Library of Namibia - ZAWYA Chinese Ambassador Zhao Weiping Donates Books to the National Library of Namibia  ZAWYA

#ChineseAmbassador #ZhaoWeiping #BookDonation #NationalLibrary #Namibia

#Eurocorners
#Eurorincones
#Europe
#Belarus
#Minsk
#NationalLibrary

It was a joy to see you @trishhepworth.bsky.social And I always love visiting the National Library.

I hope you enjoy the read!

#gragteful #nationallibrary #reddustrunning

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The National Library of Finland (my employer, part of the University of Helsinki) started a Mastodon instance at some.kansalliskirjasto.fi . There are two active accounts for services provided by the library: @Finto and @julkaisuarkistot .

This is an experiment; other services may follow. There […]

Honoring the Library of Congress: A Legacy in Ink and Ideas! ️📚✒️📬

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#LibraryOfCongress #LibraryHistory #TheLibraryAFrailHistory #BookAndStamp #Philately #PostalTribute #LibrariesMatter #KnowledgeIsPower #NationalLibrary #StampCollectors #BookLoversUnite

If this material is not going into the parliamentary record, it’s the kind of “fork in the road” material the #NationalLibrary or #NationalArchives could/should collect but they are being cut back along with all other public services.

Archive

#library #archive #repository #nlw #nationallibrary #reflection #silence #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetphotography #architecture #aberystwyth #wales

Kansalliskirjasto takapihalta kuvattuna yöllä

Kansalliskirjasto
#nationallibrary #helsinki #night #photography #ricohgr3x

Kansalliskirjaston torni ja rakennuksen yläosa yössä.

Kansalliskirjasto
#nationallibrary #helsinki #night #photography

Working in the #NationalLibrary of #Ireland in #Dublin today. Still
have #jetlag so I’m glad I have the weekend to get in the right #timezone. I love #Dubln in #January.

Austrian “Hogwarts” depicted in the absolutely stunning National Library situated in Vienna. #Austria #Vienna #StadtWien #Hogwarts #AustrianHogwarts #Nationallibrary

Petition: Increase, don’t cut, funding for the National Library, Amgueddfa Cymru and the Royal Commission We call upon the Welsh Government to increase spending on institutions that safeguard the heritage and history of Wales – the National Library of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru and the Royal Commission – inst...

Petition: Increase, don’t cut, funding for the #NationalLibrary, #AmgueddfaCymru and the #RoyalCommission. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

#ÖsterreichischeNationalbibliothek Prunksaal :
Mitteloval mit Statue Kaiser Karl IV., dargestellt als `Hercules Musarum´ (Herkules der Musen).

#NationalLibrary #Austria #Vienna #historic #library #statue #statue

'Federal funding for the #NationalLibrary of Australia’s digital resource, #Trove, runs out in six months and without additional government support the popular archive could cease operations from next...