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	University of Cambridge History Faculty Library URL: http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/faculty/building/ ODP description: Subject of a limited competition won by architect James Stirling, the library building was completed in 1968 and awarded an RIBA Gold medal. Photographs and brief description. Page title: Faculty of History: About the Faculty: The History Faculty Building Page description: insert text here
	The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity URL: http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/news/aboutbuilding.jhtml ODP description: About the building, constructed in Boston in the neoclassical style between 1932 and 1934, and restored by Ann Beha Architects in 2002.
	Designing Libraries - Library Buildings Online URL: http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/ ODP description: A database of descriptions and images of recent UK public library building projects. A resource for sharing expertise and experience on library planning and design. Page title: Designing Libraries :: The Gateway to Better Library Buildings Page description: A database of descriptions and images of recent library building projects. A resource for sharing expertise and experience on library planning and design.
	Private Libraries in Ancient Rome URL: http://www.jerryfielden.com/essays/privatelibs.htm ODP description: An essay by Jerry Fielden in 2001.
	Great Buildings Online: Libraries URL: http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/library.html ODP description: Photographs, dates and discussions of a selection of the world's most outstanding library buildings from ancient to modern, with references. Page title: Libraries - Great Buildings Online Page description: Libraries in the Great Buildings Online.
	The State Library of Victoria Redevelopment Project URL: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/pastfuture/building/redevelopment.html ODP description: Describes the Domed Reading Room, a massive eight-sided polygon built in 1909, and the current renovation and construction project involving 22 buildings. Page title: Building Redevelopment Project at the State Library of Victoria Page description: Spanning 15 years and costing an estimated $200 million, the State Library Redevelopment Project involved the renovation of existing buildings and the construction of new spaces.
	South Christchurch Library URL: http://library.christchurch.org.nz/South/ ODP description: An environmentally friendly building opened in 2003 and winner of a supreme award for architecture at the NZIA awards. Designed by Architecture Warren and Mahoney. Links to photographs and further information about the building. Page title: South Christchurch Library - Christchurch City Libraries Page description: South Library, Learning Centre and Service Centre homepage
	The Sterling Memorial Library URL: http://www.library.yale.edu/gazette/ ODP description: Contemporary description and photographs from the April 1931 issue of the Yale Library Gazette. Page title: APRIL 1931 GAZETTE: THE STERLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY
	The George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland URL: http://www.peabodyevents.library.jhu.edu/history.html ODP description: The history of the library, widely recognized as one of the most beautiful library spaces in North America. Includes a link to a small photo gallery. Page title: History
	Carnegie Libraries of Scotland URL: http://www.scotcities.com/carnegie/index.htm ODP description: An illustrated guide by Gerry Blaikie to the architecture and history of libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie in Scotland.
	Wikipedia: Danish Royal Library URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Library,_Copenhagen ODP description: An illustrated description with a link to a Wikimedia Commons thumbnail gallery of images of the new (1999) 'Black Diamond' library extension building designed by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen. Page title: Danish Royal Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	Alvar Aalto Viipuri Library URL: http://www.alvaraalto.fi/viipuri/building.htm ODP description: Also referred to as Vyborg Library, Viipuri Library was designed by Alvar Aalto and completed in 1935. It is considered to be a masterpiece of International Modernism. Description, photographs and details of its restoration. Page title: Alvar Aalto. Viipuri Library. Viipurin kirjasto.
	McLennan Library Building URL: http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/McLennan_Library.html ODP description: A seven-storey reinforced concrete structure built in 1969 at the McGill campus in Montreal and designed by Dobush, Stewart, and Bourke. Description and photographs.
	Tales from the Book Room: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Country House Libraries and their Books URL: http://www.tu-cottbus.de/lookingforwards/pdf/11west.pdf ODP description: Conference paper by Susie West on the absence of contextual information in the historiography of private libraries.
	The Forum, Norwich URL: http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk/about-the-forum-building/architecture-and-construction.htm ODP description: The architecture and construction of The Forum library in Norwich, designed by Hopkins Architects and completed in October 2001 on the site of the former Central Library which was destroyed by fire in 1994. Page title: Architecture and Construction Page description: Details about construction and architecture of The Forum
	The State Library of Victoria URL: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/pastfuture/history/detailed/long1.html ODP description: A four-part detailed history of the origins and evolution of Australia's first free public Library. Page title: A Detailed History of the State Library of Victoria, Part 1 Page description: The establishment of a free public library in Victoria represented surprising priorities for the new colony.
	Wikipedia: Biblioteca Joanina URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Joanina ODP description: The Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century. An illustrated description from the collaborative online encyclopedia. Page title: Biblioteca Joanina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	Pasadena Public Library URL: http://www.cityofpasadena.net/library/brief-history.asp ODP description: A brief history from its founding in 1882, with illustrations and links to further details. The 1924 buildings designed by Myron Hunt and H.C.Chambers were restored and renovated between 1984 and 1990. Page title: Architecture tour -- Brief History
	Bodleian Library URL: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/bodley ODP description: One of the world's oldest and most famous libraries at Oxford University. Page title: Home - Bodleian Library
	Glasgow University Library URL: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/timeline/ ODP description: An illustrated timeline of one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom, with its origins in the Middle Ages, but now housed in a building of the 1960s. Page title: Glasgow University Library Timeline Page description: Glasgow University Library Special Collections, Library Timeline with images