Liverpool Central Library
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Liverpool Central Library
Liverpool Central Library is the largest of the 22 libraries in Liverpool, England, situated in the centre of the city.
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The library is located in several adjoining historic buildings on the city's historic William Brown Street. The library's first building was the William Brown Library and Museum building which was completed in 1860 and which it has always shared with the city's museum, now known as World Museum Liverpool. The library was then extended further to the right with the addition in 1879 of the Picton Reading Room and to the rear with the Hornby Library in 1906. All three of these buildings are Grade II* listed buildings and are built in a classical style similar to other buildings on the street.
Rebuilding
In May 2008 it was announced that some of the complex of buildings that hold the Central Library will be demolished and replaced with modern buildings suitable for use with modern IT services. The historic buildings in the complex will be refurbished to provide modern facilities.[1] In October 2009 the proposed rebuild was shown to the public.[2]
The main library building on William Brown Street closed on 23 July 2010, while it is closed a temporary service will operate from next door on the second floor of Liverpool World Museum.[3] It is scheduled to reopen at the end of 2012.
It is a member of the Libraries Together: Liverpool Learning Partnership (evolved from Liverpool Libraries Group) which formed in 1990. Under which, a registered reader at any of the member libraries can have access rights to the other libraries within the partnership[4][5].
References
- ^ £50m rebuild for Liverpool's Central Library
- ^ £50m transformation for Liverpool’s Central Library (VIDEO)
- ^ "Libraries and archives". Liverpool City Council. 2010-07-23. http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Libraries_and_archives/index.asp. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ http://www.liv.ac.uk/library/llgroup/llg.html
- ^ http://www.merseylibraries.org/
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- Liverpool Central Library website
- Virtual tour of Liverpool Central Library
- Liverpool Libraries web page
- Images of England:Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library
- Images of England:William Brown Library
Coordinates: 53°24′35″N 2°58′51″W / 53.4098°N 2.9807°W
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