Keynote Address on the theme "The Power of Convergence"

~Curse Against Book StealersMonastery of San Pedro, Barcelona

For him that stealeth a Book from this Library, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck

with Palsy, and all his Members blasted. Let him languish in Pain crying aloud for Mercy and let there be no surcease to his Agony till he sink in Dissolution. Let Bookworms gnaw his Entrails in token of the Worm that dieth not, and when

at last he goeth to his final Punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him for ever and aye.

25 Most Modern Libraries in the World

Architecture

Technology and Innovations

Digital Collections

ARCHITECTURE

Library of Picture Books in Iwai City of Fukushima Prefecture (Japan)

The Danish Royal Library

French National Library

Seattle Public Library (Washington, USA)

Malmo City Library (Sweden)

Geisel Library (San Diego, California, USA)

Halmstad Library (Sweden)

National Library of the Czech Republic (Prague)

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Delft Public Library (Netherlands)

Turku City Library (Finland)

Bow Idea Store (London)

Cerritos Library (California)

Cuyahoga County Public Library (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

Pace University Library (New York, USA)

Richmond Public Library (California)

Denver Public Library (Colorado, USA)

San Diego Public Library (California, USA)

Cleveland Public Library (Ohio, USA)

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh(Pittsburgh, USA)

New York Public Library (New York, USA)

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

National Diet Library (Japan)

Bavarian State Library (Munich, Germany)

Library of Congress (Washington DC, USA)

The British Library(United Kingdom)

National Library of Australia

Common DenominatorsCategory Common Denominators

Architecture

Technology & Innovation

Digital Collection

bright, airy, colorful, fun, playful, exciting, unique, open, nature, lighttext message, self-service, podcasting, videocasting, unique names, help stations, DVDs, CDs, movies, games, music, wifi, e books, audio books, lectures, hub, social networking, online accesshuge online catalog system, large number of collection of digital images of materials accessible anywhere