In addition, visitors can access the room on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of the LOC’s Live at the Library events, a weekly series that started last May.. Located on the first floor of ...

For the first time in two years, UCLA students can use the Powell Library Main Reading Room. In fall 2022, the library’s main reading room shut down for seismic renovations to meet updated ...

Momentarily distracted from my book, I looked over and saw a reference book entitled The Encyclopedia of the Occult by Lewis ...

The reading room is the most beautiful place in Washington to work, read, research, or just catch up on e-mail. And you don’t need to be an academic or congressional staffer. A library-issued photo ID ...

After a two-year hiatus, the stunning space is reopening. — -- For the first time in two years, the iconic Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Public Catalog Room in the New York Public ...

The Saint-Jacques Reading Room is a particularly beautiful part of the library, with rich wood walls and mint green and cream colors. Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria Imagno/Getty Images ...

In 2014, a plaster rosette fell from the 52-foot ceiling of the New York Public Library’s grand Rose Main Reading Room. The library was already closed, but the accident prompted the largest ...

Public library reading rooms hold a special place in a town or city’s cultural life. Struggling writers rely on the quiet, well-lit spaces to practice their craft. Poets, novelists and ...

The goal was to allow visitors to look up through the oculus at the Main Reading Room’s beautiful dome, from a new orientation center to be built below the room. More D.C. News More Local News ...