Innovative Libraries
Whether you're Dewey Decimal challenged or obsessive enough to use Dewey to classify your personal collection, you'll probably appreciate the innovative libraries I've included in this blog entry.
The Library Hotel in New York is a concept hotel with a 6,000 book collection that's housed throughout the building. Each of its 60 rooms, divided among 10 floors, is dedicated to one of the ten Dewey decimal classifications. The Dewey Decimal system (000 through 999) is used in most public libraries to classify materials into ten main subject categories. In addition to the typical hotel amenities, the hotel also has a poetry garden, a writer's den, and an outdoor terrace with a city skyline view.
In Kenya rural villages get access to library services via camel. Take a look: