{"id":2058,"date":"2011-05-05T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T20:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:11:07","slug":"the-worlds-best-libraries-via-beyond-the-margins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/the-worlds-best-libraries-via-beyond-the-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"The World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Best Libraries, via Beyond The Margins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beyondthemargins.com\/2011\/05\/worlds-best-libraries\/\"><img src='http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/SALTlakecity.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(not our library, also not to scale&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>I have a theory about libraries. I think they make people happy and thoughtful. Kind. Appreciative. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the presence of so much, given free.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too much sugar in my morning coffee, but I get a little world-peacey about them. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something special about a place that lets you walk out with a bunch of books in exchange for nothing more than a chunk of plastic that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even backed by your local financial institution.<\/p>\n<p>I know libraries aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really free, of course. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re funded by our taxpayer dollars, along with tomahawk missiles and metermaids, but when budget-cutting season comes around, it seems like libraries are more expendible.<\/p>\n<p>I love libraries in a way I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never love tomahawk missiles or metermaids. I love beautiful historical ones, and ones with modern innovation. Bright libraries with walls of windows, and dark-paneled-enclaves with armchairs. Tiny local branches you can walk to, and big special ones worth the drive. I love knowing that the books on the shelves stay put, regardless of whether a hard drive fails or battery dies, whether a title goes out of print or out of vogue.<\/p>\n<p>What are the best, most beautiful libraries, all the world over? Well now, who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to say?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/beyondthemargins.com\/2011\/05\/worlds-best-libraries\/\">Beyond The Margins \u00c2\u00bb The World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Best Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(not our library, also not to scale&#8230;) I have a theory about libraries. I think they make people happy and thoughtful. Kind. Appreciative. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the presence of so much, given free. Maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too much sugar in my morning coffee, but I get a little world-peacey about them. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something special about a place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/the-worlds-best-libraries-via-beyond-the-margins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Best Libraries, via Beyond The Margins<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[150,403],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-did-you-know","tag-libraries","tag-worldsbest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10144,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/10144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}