Gnome Sweet Gnome

I'll bet one of the only things people remember about our library years after they move away from Missoula is our fantastic Gnome House. It sits right across from our circulation desk and serves as a sort of "gateway" into the children's area. I love watching kids run from our front door right up to the Gnome house and start peering inside.

We have postcards for sale at the checkout desk, but they don't show nearly enough of the painstaking detail the Gnome House has to offer. So, we're considering starting a series of postcards that showcase the individual rooms, as opposed to the whole house in general. What do you guys think? Here's a few test shots that may or may not be used in the very near future for this project. Let me know in the comments which ones you like and which ones don't work.



And one that I'm not actually considering, but may be the creepiest thing I've seen in the library ever. (Which is saying quite a bit!)

And we have more images at our flickr site.

Library Smut

Everyone who knows me will tell you I'm a huge fan of gadgets. Computers, software, web based applications, etc. And with that I'll tell you: nothing beats sitting down and reading a book. I'll never be one to use the new e-books, but I will test them out and marvel at their software and portability.

So I was excited to "stumble-upon" (if you haven't tried out this ultra-neat firefox add-on, you're WAY behind the web 2.0 curve) a great photo gallery of libraries filled with books that nearly made me drool. Look:


Pretty amazing, huh? Click here for the full gallery.

I wonder where you check your email in those libraries?