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October 10, 2005
The Ideal Library - Part II
Garrison Keillor's ideal library would contain leather sofas, an espresso bar, Greek columns, a pair of stone lions, a rare book collection, and a three-story lobby with marble floors "so your footsteps echo as if you were in an Edith Wharton novel." He would also include a statue of Minerva, books (of course!), banks of computers with high-speed Internet connections, a movie theater, a children's room, steam room, nap room, hobnob room, and underground parking garage. The librarians there would be trained in pressure-point massage and the reference librarian would have a bun.
This catalog (pun intended) of library attributes appeared in Keillor's article, "Edith Wharton and the War on Terror."
So, once again, tell us, please, about your ideal library. What does it contain? How does it look? What would you like to see? Is there anything special you wish to include? Let your wildest imagination be your guide.
Posted by RMLibrarians at October 10, 2005 7:32 PM
Comments
I wouldn't call it an ideal library... but it's an interesting philosophical discussion of the universe as interpreted in terms of a library.
The Library of Babel (Jorge Louis Borges)
http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/library_of_babel.html
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at October 11, 2005 12:04 PM