Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris - double-vaulted ceiling, rows of tables with lamps extending down long room, bookstacks to either side

Another in my series of libraries
Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Strahov Monastery library - glorious brightly painted ceiling with (I presume) biblical images, old globes on stands, sculpture of a saint, an antique reading stand which rotates books, and many stacks of ancient tomes

Another in my series of libraries
Strahov Monastery library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University - large open space with leather sofas and chairs beneath high coffered ceiling, with 5 levels of lighted bookstacks rising upwards

Another in my series of libraries
Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Trinity College library, Dublin - two floors of tall wooden bookstacks rising up, thousands of books in antique bindings, busts at end of each stack

Another in my series of libraries
You can't have too many views of Trinity College library, Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Trinity College library, Dublin - view down main room with two levels of high bookshelves containing books in antique bindings, busts at the end of each stack, and the rounded ceiling and stacks receding into distance

Another in my series of libraries
another view of Trinity College library, Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Trinity College library, Dublin - ladders leaned against rising bookstacks of books with antique bindings, beside view down corridor showing bookstacks extending into distance

Another in my series of libraries
Trinity College library, Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Books on shelves erected around base of large tree. Sorry, I don't know the location

Another in my series of libraries
tree library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Travelling library, Hereford Cathedral, 15th-century - large wooden chest with carrying pole fixed through iron rings

Another in my series of libraries
15th-century travelling library, Hereford Cathedral
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #MedievalSky

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto - view from upper floor down into central octagonal area, with tall lighted pillars and rising bookstacks on each floor

Another in my series of libraries
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA - spacious high meeting room with long table and chairs, stained glass, with two balconies rising up, and bookstacks seen to either side

Another in my series of libraries
Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Marsh's Library in Dublin - separate alcoves (that look a bit like choir stalls!) with doors leading to old books on shelves, bottom half of door wood, middle part mesh, top part is arched design in white

Another in my series of libraries
This one in Ireland in honour of St Patrick's Day:
Marsh's Library in Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #StPatricksDay

Sage Library, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, New Jersey - two levels of beautiful bookstacks over large open hall with high windows

Another in my series of libraries
Sage Library, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, New Jersey
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #poetry

Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth - metal shelves of slim volumes of poetry, and a display shelf at front with sign saying 'Northern Poetry Library'

Another in my series of libraries
Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Not so 'scenic', but a library dedicated to poetry is inherently beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #poetry

Did you know you can order my eBooks and audiobooks from most libraries? If you want something that's not in their catalog(ue), just ask! #romancebooks #library #libraries #lovelibraries

Sometimes a library is a very eerie space. What was it de Chirico said, something like...[the books] 'gazed at me with mysterious questioning eyes'

#library #libraries #fiction #books #lovelibraries #librarysky

Spring Break after today. We'll be opened shorted hours.

March
14- 15: Closed
16 - 20: 7:30 am to 5 pm
21: Closed
22: 1 pm to 12 am

unk.libcal.com/hours/

#LibraryStaycation #SpringVibes #lovelibraries

New York Public Library - huge reading room with desks and desklamps, chandeliers, arched windows, and decorated ceiling painting with blue sky and clouds

Another in my series of libraries
New York Public Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Melk Abbey library, Austria - ancient beautifully bound tomes on wooden shelves, with decorations on panels, and gold leaf. Huge globe in stand.

Another in my series of libraries
Melk Abbey library, Austria
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany - marvelous photo of metal winding staircase between high bookstacks, leading to balcony-bridges crossing from one side to the other

Another in my series of libraries
Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

A white horse with panniers of children's books strapped to her, visiting remote homes. Luna is eating some grass while a very excited child is running towards the books with his mother

Another in my series of libraries
Luna the Library Horse - mobile library in Indonesia!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire - mini library in a box on a post outdoors on a hill by a bench

Another in my series of libraries
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire.
Small but beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

John Hopkins University Library - view of long open hall with balconied floors of books rising to either side, large window in ceiling

Another in my series of libraries
John Hopkins University Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Another in my series of libraries
Highclere Castle, secret door in library
[and yes, this is where Downton Abbey is filmed]
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #WorldBookDay

You can find all our events & links for booking here: https://linktr.ee/exeterlibraryevents

✨ A quick update of our events heading into March, April and May.

You'll find your usual discos, quizzes, live music and creative writing events, along with some reptiles, theatre and Lego robots!

#LoveLibraries

It's World Book Day (UK & Ireland)! 🌍📚🤩

For young people brandishing book tokens today, there are are some marvellous queer-themed science and nature books out there . . . 🏳️‍🌈🦆🏳️‍⚧️ 🦋

#LGBTQ #booksky #skybooks #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2026 #LoveLibraries #QueerInSTEM

We've got full-text books in our Research Repository.
repository.lboro.ac.uk/search?itemT...

#worldbookday2026 #ResearchRepository #Books #LoveLibraries @lborouniversity.bsky.social

A poster for the dressing up clothes rails at Orkney Library. It shows rails of costumes in a fairy-tale setting with flowers and toadstools.

Tomorrow is #WorldBookDay so don't forget that if you need any last minute dressing up clothes we have loads on our rails at Orkney Library! 🦸🧙‍♂️🧚🧌

It's all FREE and you don't need to bring anything to swap - just take what you need and return them whenever you want.

#LoveLibraries

Gando Library, Burkina Faso - elliptical shape, ceiling is made using locally crafted earthenware pots sawn in half, against which the concrete slab is cast

Another in my series of libraries
Gando Library, Burkina Faso
(and yes, it's just *before* they put the books on the shelves!)
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

There’s still time to make your voice heard!
Golden Sower voting is open through April 15.
Head to the website and cast your vote before the deadline. Every vote counts!
#GoldenSowerAward #LibraryLife #LoveLibraries

Free Library of Philadelphia - very long room filled with bookshelves on two levels, coffered white ceiling, high windows

Another in my series of libraries
Free Library of Philadelphia
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky