A beautiful visual history of our greatest libraries. Principles and practices through the ages that are just as relevant now ... supports why we need a Learning Commons.

1. Tim’s
Virtual*
Library
Tour
2010
* All but one have been destroyed by biblioclasts!

2. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal (Nineveh)

4. The Library at Alexandria (Egypt)

6. The Ulpian Library of Trajan (Rome)

8. The House of Wisdom (Bagdad)

10. The Abbey Library of St Gall (Switzerland)

11. Abbey Library of St.
Gall
• 719- present
• access first limited to
scholars Contains 2,100
manuscripts
(codices/parchment/books)
from the 8th to 15th
centuries, 1,650
incunabula (those printed
before 1500) in addition
to 160,000 volumes
• now pre-1000 manuscripts

12. Tim’s
(Dream!)
Library
Tour
2011
* Tim is now retired and on limited funds!

14. Tim’s
(Actual!)
Library
Tour
2007
* Tim still had the money!

15. The train to Hogwarts leaves
from St. Pancras here!

17. What is old is new
again!
•Preservation
•Access
•Learning
•Creation
•Community
•Wisdom
•Pleasure

18. Thank
You For
Joining
Tim’s
Tours*
* You must love libraries too!