I'm reading a great book called "Countdown to a New Library" by Jeannette Woodward. In it, she encourages libraries who are embarking upon a renovation project to "make a scrapbook" of photographs. This includes the details of buildings other than libraries. As Woodward says, "it is sometimes even more helpful to look at other buildings because you won't be distracted by library functions, and you will be more likely to focus on architectural details and building materials". Katelyn and I would like to put together a scrapbook and really would love your help. As you are traveling around this summer, whether it be on vacation or running errands, please feel free to take photographs of flooring materials, stairways, doors, windows, signage, counters and all the other details that go into a modern building. We will try also to corral all of the photographs we can find of our visits to other libraries as well. If you happen to have some of these on your camera, we'd love to have you send them to us. We'll set up a folder just for this purpose.
A big thank you to Sydnie who sent me this link: As she says, it's humorous and hopeful at the same time!
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