Little Free Library: free mini libraries around the world. The smallest library in the world of the library in the English city of Westbury

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The smallest library in the world is located in one of the small towns of Great Britain - in Westbury-Sab-Mundip. Despite the fact that about 800 inhabitants live in the town, sometimes you still have to stand in line to take a book in the library. And it is not surprising, because Only one person can be placed in the library. After all, the smallest library is in the old telephone booth!

Recently, mobile communications displaces the usual phone and all familiar telephone booths are not needed. British telecom operator British Telecom for a symbolic fee of one pound, ready to sell its red telephone booths to anyone.

So the residents of the town came a wonderful idea to make a small public library. Inside the booth, they installed the shelves on which the books were placed as well as DVDs. On the shelves of the library more than one hundred different items: from classics, to modern bestsellers and cookbooks. Everyone is familiar with the librarian there is no, everything is designed for readers' consciousness. The townships of the town take the books, read and return back, constantly raging the catalog brought from the house books.

If you decide to look into the library in the evening, then lighting is provided for later visitors. Here You can always take a book, because it is open 365 days a year and works 24 hours a day.

Interestingly, such small libraries exist in many cities of the world have long been and called a public bookcase.

The first public bookcases appeared in the early 1990s, first in the Austrian Graz, later in Hamburg and Mainz in Germany in the efforts of artists Clegg & Gutman. In 1996, this idea was adopted by the student by Nicholas Muller, who arranged an open library in Hannover. Since then, such public bookcases began to appear in different cities of Europe.

The purpose of all these cabinets is common - anyone can put there any of his book, if she has read and more he does not need and take one or more interest in his books from there. No one controls the time of use of the book. Any book can be taken to yourself.

And recently, in 2012, such a public bookcase is installed in Krasnoyarsk. Now the inhabitants of Krasnoyarsk can take books from the closet to read, bring their own, to leave wishes and recommendations to future readers.

In addition to public bookcases, in the US, there is a project "House for Books".

The first house for books made American Todd in memory of his mother. A small wooden house was installed on the place of the mailbox and externally reminded the school in which Mother Todd worked.

This idea really liked his friend Rica Brooks, that he turned it into a social movement.
For 5 years, 6,000 such mini libraries were created in the United States and other countries.

The book is happiness decorates, and in misfortune comforts.

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1. The oldest current library is located in the monastery of St. Catherine on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It was built in the middle of the 6th century, becoming the second in the size of a collection of religious materials in the world (after the Vatican). It is closed for the general public, and only monks and invited students can take books in it.

The National Library of France is the oldest currently operating service of public libraries. She began her work in 1368, when it was still placed in the Louvre. Over the past almost 700 years, the library has moved many times to new and more spacious premises.

2. The biggest library in the world is a library of Congress, where 158 million names are stored at about 828 miles of bookshelves (1 mile \u003d 1.6 km - approx.Lifeinbooks.). The library collection has more than 36 million books and other printed materials, 3.5 million records, 13.7 million photos, 5.5 million cards, 6.7 million sheets of notes and 69 million manuscripts.

3. The smallest libraries in the world appeared on the streets of New York - there is a place for just one reader. In one bright yellow building is stored 40 books. Their goal is to help the townspeople relax from the mad pace of life in the metropolis, giving the opportunity to read good stories for free. A small free library was developed by several innovative architects using recycled materials to protect books from bad weather.

4. The highest library in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is located on the 60th floor of JW Marriott Hotel in Shanghai (China). It is located at an altitude of 230, 9 meters above the street. At 103 bookshelf, a constantly expanding collection of Chinese and English books is stored. By the way, the Library Square is not so big - only 57 square meters.

5. The very first librarian became Zenodot from Ephesus. He was a Greek literary criticism, a connoisseur of grammar, as well as a commentator of Homer. He, a student of the Cilisa of Koskov, became the first librarian of the Alexandria Library.

6. The first library classification system was invented during the Han Empire. However, in North America it is believed that personal collections of books hit the continent thanks to the French settlers of the XVI century.

7. The First Mobile Library, according to the British monthly The British Workman, appeared in 1857. At this time she chase in a circle of eight villages in Cumbria. Victorian merchant and philanthropist, George Moore, created a project to "extend good literature among the rural population." The counterpart Library of Warrington, created in 1858, became another early British mobile library.

8. Most often steal, most likely the Bible, and after it - the Guinness Book of Records.

9. The first floating library appeared in 1959. To "run" this project, I had to use a number of ships. Custom special ship commissioned in 1963. Its length is 24 meters. Today, the ship is used for summer tourist cruises.

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Despite the rapid development of various technologies and progressive age, reading books will never lose its relevance. In confirmation of this, the works of libraries, the number and formats of which are affected by the ordinary reader. Today I want to pay special attention to the smallest, but no less popular libraries in the world.

The smallest library in the world

It seems that small libraries include libraries in rural areas, books in which are placed in one or two rooms. But the library in the small town of Great Britain has all records. The fact is that it is located in an ordinary telephone booth. Of course, only some people can visit this room at a time, but the fact that, taking into account the small number of local residents (800 people), in the Library of the Constant Library is also noted.

It is worth starting with the fact that today the usual telephone booths are no longer relevant, since Mobile communications flourishes. It turns out that such booths are idle without a case, and their owner, British Telecom, is ready to rent them and sell for a funny price. One of these red booths faced local residents who were converted to a small library. To do this, inside the shelves were installed and placed not only different books, but also DVD disks of the format. Here you can find classic literature, culinary books and global bestsellers.

There are no workers in the telephone library, and everything is delivered to self-service and consciousness of people. The library's assortment is constantly updated by home books. Even in the evening you can take a book, since the booth is equipped with lighting. As for the work schedule, the books are available to readers all year round without days off and holidays.

Public bookcase

Such small libraries have become quite a common phenomenon in many countries. People call them public bookcases. The very first of them appeared at the beginning of the 90s. Initially, they were located in Graz (Austria), and later began to meet in Gamburg, and in Mainz (Germany). The associates of this idea were artists who equip the libraries on their own.

Inspiration to the creation of affordable books helped to establish an open library and in Hannover, which was the beginning of the spread of "bookcases" throughout Europe.

Special purpose

Based on the title, it becomes clear that such libraries carry one goal - to give any person the opportunity to read the book. But, in addition, to maintain old, unnecessary home books that are often thrown out, burned or dust in the attic. So, a person can pass his books to the library, thereby replenishing its range. By the way, no one ever controls the time to which the book is taken. If you wish, you can pick it up with us, if only she performed his destination.

Symbols of Great Britain

In 2007, the residents of the United Kingdom conducted a survey on the topic - which national symbols of their country are most popular all over the world and cause Association with Old Good England. The British, without thinking, answered that the main place in this hit parade should take the Red Telephone Booth! In the minds of the Misty Albion residents, this everyday attribute became a kind of icon, evidence of the UK's success from the middle of the XIX and to the middle of the 20th century.

She became one row with such famous country symbols, like buses and mailboxes, also painted in red.

Unfortunately, red telephone booths become a remnant of the past and are on the verge of a complete disappearance. In the modern world, people are much easier and more convenient to use cellular communications. Literally five years ago there were more than 150 thousand, now there are only 13 thousand. In order to save some part of this relic, the Lord Mayor of London, as well as architects and historians, have made efforts to introduce 2500 booths in the list of monuments protected by the state.

Part of the rest of the booth falls into the hands of inventive residents of England, for only 1 pound, thanks to the British Telecom communication operator. Of these, the British make themselves shower cabins, storerooms, artistic expositions.

From the booth to the library

Residents of the small town of Westbury-Sab-Mundip also contributed to the preservation of this attribute. They had an interesting idea - to re-equip the telephone booth under the library. The British quickly completed their fantasy to life by installing the shelves and conducting lighting in the booth for night visitors. Then, most of the townships of the town brought the books of various genres and DVDs from their homes. It turned out the smallest library worldwide, which, nevertheless, contains more than one hundred different topics: from cooking to classics.

Since the library is folk, then all visitors themselves librarians. They regularly replenish the ranks of books and if they take something to read, then they are returned to the place. You can come here at any time of the day, regardless of everyday life. This or weekends, the library works all year round during the day and night.

Popular place for residents

Westbury-Sab-Mundip is the smallest English city in which there is about 800 inhabitants, and since the library has become an extremely beloved and popular site for visiting the people, a long queue is often built up to it.

Enonslant of the British found a way to perpetuate such a native national symbol for them, thereby giving the red telephone booth to the second life and even more popularity than in the old days.

Modern mobile communications displaced the former telephones-machine placed in street cabins. But in England they are not thrown out as unnecessary trash. British Telecom -British telecom operator sells such booths to everyone. And only from the fantasy of the buyer depends on how the cabin will be in his "new life".

Someone makes the storage room or showers. And the inhabitants of the tiny English town Westbury-Sab-Mundip turned the Red Phone Cabin to the library. Bringing her for a symbolic one pound, the townspeople were made inside the shelves, set up lighting and placed in the new library about a hundred printed editions and DVDs.

Reading lovers can use the free-air library services around the clock the entire calendar year. Night reading promotes lighting inside. There is a classic, modern literature, publications on cooking, magazines.

Works library without a librarian. Residents of the city, which are only 800 people, conscientiously serve themselves. They periodically replenish the shelves with new books. Taking one of the books home, they certainly bring it back. Citizens loved their library. Sometimes you need to stand up to take home to read a good book.