July 20, 2010
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Library
We have a new library near our house. I love it so much! I was so sad when my former library closed. All the other branches were pretty far away, so I didn’t go. Now.. the new one is open.
It is beautiful! Lots of space to walk around or sit and read a book. They have a big fireplace with big fluffy chairs inside and OUTSIDE the building. It is a double sided fireplace. There are rooms that feel like a living room. The children’s section has rocking chairs, big tumbling mats, craft tables and kid computers. There is an entire room for teens. They have a drawing table too, because let’s just be honest, even teens like to draw and color pictures. They have another room connected to the teen room that is set up for video games. On the day the library opened, they had Rock Band set up in there for kids to play on. There are small study rooms for teens doing homework on the other end of the teen room. The movie collection rivals a nearby Blockbuster. Book check out and return are all automated! You literally set your books on a table, scan your library card and the table checks out the books automatically. There is some sort of sensor in the book that the table reads. Coolest thing ever is the book return. There is a thing that looks like an atm machine with a conveyor belt. You push a button on the touch screen and say you are returning books. You put your books in one at a time, the computer reads the sensor things and then SORTS the book onto the right cart, so a librarian can put them on the right shelf without sorting. So amazing. There are about 100 computers that anyone can use there too. The yard outside the children section has a playground. There are solar tubes that provide light. The sink in the bathroom is solar powered! I have never seen such a cool library. My kids love it too.
We will likely be spending a LOT of time there in the future. I love libraries!!!
Have a happy day!
Comments (11)
awesome!!!
That new library sounds amazing! I love libraries too, but ours is nothing like yours.
How wonderful, sounds like a great place to visit! Amazing all that automated stuff for the books, that is very cool!!!
Great….I love libraries too. I should go read a book now so I can get it back before it is due.
You love libraries! You will be spending a lot of time yeah!
We were just talking about how it will be sad if libraries cease to exist due to internet and now the ereader. Our library is starting to offer things like kids game nights and such. Your library sounds incredible!
I think I could break my book buying habit in your library! Sounds freakin’ awesome!
I used to spend hours upon hours in the library at Alfred. My favorite section… The archives… Although not much of a history buff when one can actually touch the history it is way more fascinating.
Yeah! Poor parasailing donkey!
I bet they would do that in Boulder!
I am happy that you found a place you really love!
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