a Storify of Shetland Wool Week 2017

I think of this as an impressive local studies event (which I have yet to go to). The photographs show locations, people and events. I hope that the Shetland Library is collecting from this and other events for their local studies collection.

The Great Strike, 1917 - centenary exhibition

This was a very impressive exhibition with huge banners hanging in very large spaces.
 It is hard to give a good idea of how big these banners are. There were some art works inspired by the original objects, but really the most powerful elements were the original objects, and perhaps was the key role of the art works, that they made you look at the original works with a different filter.

Atherton Library, Queensland

Atherton Library is a lovely looking library which seems to have had a recent refurbishment.


It was so popular, there were quite a few areas of it I was not able to photograph as they were in use.




It also had this listing of staff - and what you could ask them about.

 There was also a readers' advisory promotion about the website in the library.


This was outside the library.
More photographs of the library are here.

Mossman Library, Queensland

The entrance to Mossman Library had a local studies display supporting a recently released book.
 With some detailed information on display.
 Part of the library was a quiet zone (and it was interesting how this was described).
 I don't usually comment about books sales in libraries, but this was a good one. It was tidy. It was not in the entrance of the library. I don't like to see book sales dominate the entrance to libraries, especially when messy, but even when neat as it detracts from the loan items, and there should be better use made of entrance spaces to libraries.
 You can see more of the library here
 and here.