Libraries, a thing of the past?

LP was taking kids to NYC and I sent her to the Morgan library. They loved it. It got me thinking about libraries - how wonderfully beautiful I think some are, how much I loved walking the dust filled hallways of Widener. How much  I might miss it.

What will happen when books disappear, and all we have are e-readers? Will libraries disappear as well?

And since I couldn't find a clip of St. Etienne's "Lost in a Library" here's "Only love can break us apart"

For your viewing pleasure, below is a BBC photo story of UK libraries. But here are pics of some others that I personally adore:

Morgan Library:

Stacks at Widener, utterly not glam, but oh so wonderfully rich:

Salle Ovale at Bibliotheque National:

Labrouste Library, also in France:

Snapshot: 10 Photos of the Most Epic Libraries in the U.K.

By Brigid Brown | Posted on April 16th, 2014

With the digital age making information available at the click of a button, it’s easy for some to forget about the draw of a library. But there’s nothing like walking into a library, with so much material in front of you, all under one roof. The best bit, it’s quiet!

Let’s take a peek at some of the U.K.’s impressive libraries with this snapshot of 10 photos:

Guys, turn around, there’s so much inside! The British Library, in London, has preserved a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

The British Library is offset by the St. Pancras station. (Charles Bowman/Robert Harding/AP)

Just in case you forget where you are. (Ethel Davies/Robert Harding/AP)

Visitors sit in front of the Charles Darwin statue outside of the Shrewsbury public library in Shropshire, England. (Peter Barritt/Robert Harding/AP)

Manchester, England’s Central Library is accessible by tram. (Charles Bowman/Robert Harding/AP)

The Central Library was built between 1930 and 1934.  (Peter Richardson/Robert)

Eton College Library, located in Eton, Berkshire, England, was built between 1725 and 1729. (Robert Harding Productions/AP)

The Stirling’s Library was moved into the Gallery of Modern Art, in Glasgow, Scotland in 1954. (Adam Woolfitt/Robert Harding/AP)

Oxford’s Radcliffe Camera is home to the Radcliffe Science Library in Oxford, England. (Neale Clark/Robert Harding/AP)

The combined collections of the Bodleian Libraries, also at Oxford, number more than 11 million printed items. (Jean Brooks/Robert Harding/AP)