BRITISH LIBRARIES

.British Library

The National Library of Scotland

.   The National Library of Wales

.   Croydon Libraries

.   Idea Store

The plan of Idea Store is to create a series of bright, new buildings in local shopping areas, combining lifelong learning and cultural attractions with all the services normally associated with libraries, from classic books to the latest computer games.

Seven of these groundbreaking Idea Stores are planned over the next five years. Each has a distinctive look designed to become synonymous with quality, good service and fun!

The idea was born when residents told Tower Hamlets Council in their thousands that they would like to see their libraries located where they can get to them more easily and do more than borrow items while they're there.

11 year old Jamie said about the Idea Store: "It's much better than the old library. It was boring in there and one colour and it only had two or three computers. This one's got loads of computers and it's all different colours. My friends and me come here to do our homework. It's nice."

.   Essex Libraries

.   Dewey Decimal Classification system

.   Aslib - The Association for Information Management

.   Charted Institute of Library and Information Professionals