Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries

by Alex Johnson

Book Overview

How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road?

Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future in an increasingly digital world. Undaunted, librarians around the globe are thinking up astonishing ways of reaching those in reading need,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022626369X
• ISBN13: 9780226263694
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 7.3"