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	library. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1257 the Sorbonne library at Paris was founded, and in 1525 the erection of the Laurentian Library in Florence, designed by Michelangelo, was begun.
		In 1833 the first tax-supported library in the country opened at Peterborough, N.H. The American Library Association was formed in 1876, and this organization spurred improvements in library methods and in the training of librarians.
		Libraries in the United States and Great Britain benefited greatly from the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie, who gave more than $65 million for public library buildings in the United States alone and strengthened local interest by making the grants contingent upon public support.
	www.bartleby.com /65/li/library.html (1096 words)

	Library Designs - Famous Libraries
		The library was housed in a building erected (1854-75) in the Rue de Richelieu under the direction of Henri Labrouste; it was remodeled (1932-39), and a 20th-century addition was built.
		The Library of Congress, established in 1800, is the national library of the United States located in Washington, D.C. Thomas Jefferson while Vice President was a prime mover in the creation of the library, and he supported it strongly during his presidency.
		The library was created on May 23, 1895 by the consolidation of the older reference libraries established by bequests of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) and James Lenox (1800-1880), with the Tilden Trust.
	www.librarydesigns.com /FamousLibraries.htm (1947 words)

	essaytext (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Within the Laurentian Library, the enigmatic masterwork of Michelangelo, there exists a complex geometric pavement that is hidden from view, little known about and shrouded with mystery (figure 1).
		Monastic libraries were usually built in the form of a three aisled basilica, attached to a cloister of the church 39.
		The second form of library extant in the sixteenth century was the Studiolo, a private sanctuary of learning and intellectual intrigue, found in the palaces of the Princes 42.
	bennicholson.com /ma/maestx.htm (13309 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - circulating library
		Library (institution), collection of book and other informational materials made available to people for reading, study, or reference.
		Pennsylvania: first circulating library in the U.S. The nation’s first circulating library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin and others.
		Library (computer science), in computer programming, a collection of routines stored in a file.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /circulating_library.html (115 words)

	History Magazine
		That library, of course, was the Great Library of Alexandria, a public library open to those with the proper scholarly and literary qualifications, founded about 300bc.
		In France, the national library in Paris known as Bibliotheque Nationale de France began in 1367 as the Royal Library of Charles V. Another significant library, famous for its influence on library management, is the Mazarine Library, also in Paris.
		The initial collection of the Library of Congress was in ashes after the British burned it during the War of 1812.
	www.history-magazine.com /libraries.html (2438 words)

	Charles Handy - Trust & the virtual organisation
		We were coming face-to-face with the idea of the virtual library: a library as a concept, not a place; an activity, not a building.
		Libraries, whose lifeblood is information, were always likely to be among the first to confront the challenge and opportunity of virtuality, but as businesses become ever more dependent on information, they come up against the same dilemmas.
		An office is, at heart, an interpretative library geared to a particular purpose, and more and more of our economic activity is a churning of information, ideas, and intelligence in all their infinite variety-an invitation to virtuality.
	visionarymarketing.com /handytrust.html (5121 words)

	Laurentian Library (more) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Laurentian Library is located in the cloister of S. Lorenzo.
		The library itself is a long room with reading desks, well lit by rows of windows between pilasters which correspond to the beams of the ceiling.
		The vestibule walls are particularly unorthodox; paired columns rising from insubstantial volutes are recessed behind the white plaster wall surface from which project tabernacle niches with pilasters perversely widening towards their capitals.
	home.comcast.net /~ntal3/michaelangelo/laurentianlibrarymore.html (195 words)

	Medicean-Laurentian Library -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In Europe the libraries of the newly founded universities—along with those of the monasteries—were the main centres for the study of books until the late Middle Ages; books were expensive and beyond the means of all but a few wealthy people.
		The Harvard University Library is both the oldest library in the United States and the largest academic library in the world.
		In England libraries were established at Pembroke College, Cambridge University in 1347 and at Merton College, Oxford University in 1377.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9051735?tocId=9051735 (761 words)

	B.A.T. Mobile Time Line
		Washington County Free Library's horse-drawn carriage was destroyed in an accident with a Norfolk and Western locomotive.
		The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore, Maryland, began to send its horse-drawn Book Wagon to areas where juvenile delinquency was high and book circulation was low.
		Seattle Washingon passes the largest public bond measure in history for a public library system: 196 million dollars to build or renovate 26 branch libraries and construct a new main library.
	www.acadia.org /competition-98/sites/integrus.com/html/library/time.html (1563 words)

	Library
		Reference materials are kept in the main section of the library.
		Library cards are available at the Circulation desk in the main library, J. Desmarais
		Books borrowed from the Library at the Univeristy of Sudbury must be returned to the Library at the University of Sudbury.
	www.usudbury.com /EN/Departments/Library/Library.html (135 words)

	BML
		With the entrance of his autographs in the Laurentian Library, Vittorio Alfieri (cat.
		It was also due to the presence of his works in the Laurentian Library, a totally unforeseeable consequence of a series of inheritances, that the poet Alfieri won his battle against Time, the winged old man holding a scythe which appears in his ex-libris (cat.
		His papers in the Laurenzian Library refer to a period of around thirty years, from 1773 to 1803, from the Esquisse du jugement universel (cat.
	www.bml.firenze.sbn.it /Alfieri/en/main.html (468 words)

	Abstract, Nexus 98, Nicholson, Kappraff, and Hisano: The Hidden Pavement Designs of the Laurentian Library
		In 1928 another mishap resulted in the exposure of the entire pavement, which allowed photographs to be made of the fifteen panels on the West side of the library before the wooden floor was replaced.
		Although they are hidden from view today, Nicholson believes that the panels were laid according to a plan for a furniture layout that would have exposed them, but that this plan was changed after the panels had been made.
		He suggests that the original intention was to infuse the spectator with the foundations of ancient geometry as he walked through the Reading Room of the Laurentian Library, the geometry being a perfect complement for the 3000 classical texts chosen to reveal the body of ancient and modern living.
	www.nexusjournal.com /conferences/N1998-Nicholson.html (375 words)

	Laurentian Library - Florence
		In 1571, by wish of the Great Duke Cosimo I, the Library was opened to the public in the setting planned by Michelangelo, although the building was still incomplete.
		The manuscripts that once belonged to the Medici private library were stripped of their original covers, rebound in red leather with the Medici arms and arranged on benches.
		In 1818 the Florentine bibliophile Angelo Maria d’Elci donated his precious collection of Greek and Latin classics to the Library, all first editions which he had recently rebound, and at the end of the nineteenth century (1884) the Laurenziana acquired the library belonging to Lord Bertram Ashburnham.
	www.italytraveller.com /salsa/en/card.html?web1_id=502&area=florence (676 words)

	Your way to Florence:accommodation, tourist services and resources of Chianti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
		On the first floor of the Brunelleschi cloister is the entrance to the Laurentian Library which houses what must be considered the most important and prestigious collection of antique books in Italy.
		In 1494, following the sentence of exile imposed of Piero the Unfortunate and the banishment from Florence of the whole of the Medici family the library was confiscated by the republican government and absorbed in toto into the library of the San Marco monastery.
		The decoration of the library went hand in hand with its actual construction (the ceiling dates to 1549-1550, the flooring from 1549-1554, the windows from 1558-1568) thus making the library one of the most unified works of the High Renaissance (or should we say of Mannerism) to be found in Florence.
	www.arca.net /db/musei/laurenzb.htm (771 words)

	Laurentian Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Mediceo Laurenziana), in Florence, is the library built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze under the patronage of the Medici pope, Clement VII.
		In 1571, Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, opened the still-incomplete Library to scholars.
		Great additions to the collection were made by its most famous librarian, Angelo Maria Bandini, who was appointed in 1757 and oversaw its printed catalogues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurentian_Library (123 words)

	St. Louis, MO - St. Louis Public Library Fact Sheet
		The Public Library is a service institution providing reading material, music and tapes to the public but it is also a cultural institution which sponsors lecture series, exhibits and special events throughout the year.
		According to the wishes of the late George Fox Steedman who established the Architectural Library in 1928, the room is decorated in the English style of the 16th century with carved paneling, leaded glass windows and bookcases, a stone fireplace and carved oak furniture.
		In 1885, a state law authorized cities to levy taxes for public libraries, and in 1893 St. Louisans voted to move administration of the library from the board of education to an independent board making the library free of subscription fees and open to all city residents.
	www.explorestlouis.com /factSheets/fact_publib.asp?PageType=3 (1113 words)

	UNESCO Libraries Portal: Libraries/Academic/Canada/Ontario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Library is dedicated to providing access to collections and services which most effectively meet the needs of students, faculty and staff of the Brock community.
		The University Library consists of The Chancellor Paterson Library, which is the main library for the University, and the Education Library which primarily serves the School of Education.
		The Library's mission is to provide access to information resources, to promote the necessary conditions for their effective use, and to support the University's stated mission of encouraging "learning, scholarship, creativity, professional expertise and personal development in a student-centred environment."
	www.unesco.org /webworld/portal_bib/Libraries/Academic/Canada/Ontario/index.shtml (508 words)

	Laurentian Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I undertook this simulation of Michelangelo's Laurentian Library after seeing a fl and white photograph of the vestibule stairway.
		The Laurentian Library simulation was created using only a small sampling of photo documentation.
		As a result, there are a number of major innacuracies in the model; the desks are missing from the library hall, glazed windows are in the wrong place and the ceiling details were compeltely fabricated.
	www.patbelford.com /projects/michelangelo (393 words)

	All posts tagged with library \| Metafilter
		A xylothek is literally a library of wood, a collection of book-like boxes made from trees--the wood and bark with the seeds, leaves, flowers, fruit--or illustrations of the soft parts
		Under Foot and Between the Boards in the Laurential Library "Within the Laurentian Library, the enigmatic masterwork of Michelangelo, there exists a complex geometric pavement that is hidden from view, little known about and shrouded with mystery...Why had an immensely complicated pavement been constructed, only to be covered over?"
		(or 2, depending on the PDF) by closing all of the libraries* (hey, at least they're not burning novels) in a town whose population is mostly Hispanic.
	www.metafilter.com /tags/library (1159 words)

	Laurentian Library by MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
		During the pontificate of the Medici Pope Leo X (1513-1523) Michelangelo was charged with the task of building the Medici Chapel next to San Lorenzo and, in 1524, the Laurentian Library.
		A task quite new in the history of art was entrusted to Michelangelo when the Medici asked him to build the Laurentian Library.
		The columns, deeply set in the walls, with their anthropomorphically gigantic appearance, and the organic élan of the staircase show that, even as an architect, Michelangelo never began from abstract geometrical laws, but only from the human body.
	www.wga.hu /html/m/michelan/5archite/early/3bibliot.html (149 words)

	Georgian College Library Commons - Laurentian University @ Georgian College Library Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurentian University @ Georgian College students are issued both a Georgian College student card as well as a Laurentian University student card.
		Connect to the J.N. Desmarais Library catalogue through the Laurentian Library home page.
		Laurentian students at Georgian College may borrow a maximum of fifteen (15) books through Off-Campus Library Services.
	library.georgianc.on.ca /lib_arts/laurentian_access.htm (276 words)

	PHED 4147 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Please note that in order to access this material, you must be a registered member of the course (see Information for Prospective Students available from the homepage of Laurentian University, or contact Dr. Danielson for additional information).
		Sport Information Resource Center: This service, begun in 1973 and housed in the National Sport and Recreation Center in Ottawa, is a very good source for printed material in the general fields of sport, fitness and related fields.
		Laurentian Library Home Page: A number of full-text journals are now being made available from the library.
	danielson.laurentian.ca /drdnotes/phed4147.htm (448 words)

	San Lorenzo \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Florence \| Frommers.com
		More important, it was the Medici family's parish church, and as those famous bankers began to accumulate their vast fortune, they started a tradition of lavishing it on this church that lasted until the clan died out in the 18th century.
		Michelangelo designed this library in 1524 to house the Medici's manuscript collection, and it stands as one of the most brilliant works of mannerist architecture.
		This actual library part, however -- filled with intricately carved wood and handsomely illuminated manuscripts -- was closed indefinitely in 1999 until "urgent maintenance" is completed.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/florence/A21178.html (650 words)

	HIRC Affiliated University Libraries
		Through our affiliation with Lakehead University and Laurentian University, all faculty, staff & students of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine have access to library services and resources not only of the HIRC, but also of the main university libraries on both campuses.
		Library Cards: here are links to the library card applications for Lakehead University Library, and for Laurentian University Library.
		A library card will provide you with borrowing privileges not only for the HIRC, but also for the main university libraries on both campuses.
	www.normed.ca /library/about_the_library/aul.htm (240 words)

	Walks in Florence: Churches, Streets and Palaces
		The whole length of the western side of the upper gallery of both cloisters is overlooked by the windows of the Laurentian Library, a magnificent room built by order of Clement VII., after a design by Michael Angelo, for the reception of the Medicean Collection, which the pope presented to the canons of San Lorenzo.
		The Library was thrown open to the public in 1571 by the Grand-Duke Cosimo I., who ordered Giorgio Vasari to construct the staircase at the entrance.
		The visitor to the Laurentian Library is advised to take with him the sixth volume of Vasari's work, where he will find a catalogue of the illuminated works, p.
	www.florin.ms /hwalks9.html (2132 words)

	Directory - Arts: Architecture: History: Building Types: Libraries
		Carnegie Libraries of California · cached · History, architecture and use of over 100 libraries constructed between 1902 and 1921 from funding by Andrew Carnegie.
		The Sterling Memorial Library · iweb · cached · Contemporary description and photographs from the April 1931 issue of the Yale Library Gazette.
		Bodleian Library · The official history of one of the oldest libraries in Europe, founded for Oxford University by Sir Thomas Bodley, a scholar and diplomat for Queen Elizabeth I. Sacred Geometry · Analysis by Ben Nicholson of the Laurentian Library designed by Michelangelo in 1523, focusing on its original geometric floors.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=1142124 (235 words)

	Quantum Connections - Internet Solutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The history of the library, widely recognized as one of the most beautiful library spaces in North America.
		Subject of a limited competition won by architect James Stirling, the library building was completed in 1968 and awarded an RIBA Gold medal.
		The Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century.
	www.qtm.net /cgi-bin/odp/index.cgi?base=/Arts/Architecture/History/Building_Types/Libraries (492 words)

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