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The Modern Library is an American book publishing imprint and formerly the parent company of Random House.Founded in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright as an imprint of their publishing company Boni & Liveright, Modern Library became an independent publishing company in 1925 when Boni & Liveright sold it to Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer.
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free Wi-Fi ...
Boston Public Library: A Centennial History (Harvard University Press, 1956) Wiegand, Wayne A. Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 (University of Iowa Press, 2011) Wiegand, Wayne A. A Part of Our Lives: A History of the American Public Library (Oxford University press, 2015).
Construction began on the 9,034-square-foot Main Street Branch Library in 1949, in what was known as the International Style, and more recently called Mid Century Modern. [2] The library opened in 1951, and the town's original Carnegie Library (1914-1951) at 8th and Walnut streets was closed and demolished. [3]
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a 1998 list of the best English-language novels published during the 20th century, [a] as selected by Modern Library from among 400 novels published by Random House, which owns Modern Library. [1] The purpose of the list was to "bring the Modern Library to public attention" and stimulate sales of its books. [2]
In library science and architecture, a stack or bookstack (often referred to as a library building's stacks) is a book storage area, as opposed to a reading area. More specifically, this term refers to a narrow-aisled, multilevel system of iron or steel shelving that evolved in the 19th century to meet increasing demands for storage space. [ 1 ]
Metamorphic library steps were first built in the mid-18th century for the private libraries and offices of the European nobility or the Bourgeoisie. The number of specialised rooms in the typical manor was increasing, so existing ones, like the library, had to use space more efficiently.
Carrels originated in monasteries to help contain the cacophony of roomfuls of monks reading aloud, as was the early practice. [3] Carrels are first recorded in the 13th century at Westminster Abbey, London, on the Garth side of the North Walk, though they probably existed from the late years of the 12th century.