Macquarie University Library, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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H. C. L. Anderson M.A. Principal Librarian, 1893-1906. Photographer J. Hubert Newman State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, P1/2096. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Free Public Library, corner of Bent & Macquarie Sts, Sydney, 1877. Photographer NSW Government Printing Office. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, SPF/193 [digital order no a089193]. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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W. H. Ifould on a site inspection, Public Library of New South Wales, 194?. Photographer unknown. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, PXD363 folio 472D. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Arthur Fleischmann, Bronze head of William Herbert Ifould. Vestibule, State Library of New South Wales. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Camborne Library Building. Photographer Tony Atkin. Licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Camborne_Library_Building_-_geograph.org.uk_-_344956.jpg

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The Passmore Edwards Public Library in Newton Abbot, Devon. Photographer ‘Smalljim’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Passmore_Edwards_Public_Library_in_Newton_Abbot.JPG Truro Library, given by J. Passmore Edwards. Photographer ‘Vernon39’. In the public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TruroLibrary.jpg Passmore Edwards Free Library, Falmouth. Photographer ‘Andrewabbott’. In the public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Passmore_Edwards_Free_Library.JPG Passmore Edwards Public Library, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush. Photographer Peter Holmes. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1075400

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Interno della Biblioteca Malatestiana. Photographer ‘Uomodis08’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bibl._Malatestiana_3.jpg

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Barocksaal der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Photographer ‘Stibiwiki’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BibliothekSG.jpg

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University Library Leiden in 1610 from Woudanus in Stedeboeck der Nederlanden, Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1649. In the public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leiden_1610.jpg

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Melk Benedictine Abbey Library. Photographer ‘Emgonzalez’. In the public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Melk_-_Abbey_-_Library.jpg

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The Tower of the Five Orders, Bodleian Library, Oxford from the entrance to the Divinity School Photographer ‘Ozeye’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Tower_of_the_Five_Orders_Oxford.jpg The Danish Royal Library, interior view of building in Fiolstræde. Photographer ‘Thue’. In the public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fiolstr%C3%A6de2.jpg

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British Museum Reading Room. Photographer David Iliff. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_Reading_Room_Panorama_Feb_2006.jpg

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Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Photographer Carol M. Highsmith. From the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. In the public domain. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg

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No. 2 Reading Room, first floor, December 1923. Photographer Daily Mail. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, ON7 [Digital order no a634002]. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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A panorama of the State Library of Victoria's La Trobe Reading Room as viewed from the 5th floor. Photographer David Iliff. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg

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Vestibule, State Library of New South Wales, 2007. Photographer David J. Jones. Inset: ‘Beat Bros Stone Work, showing carvers finishing.’ Photographer unknown. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, F727.82/1A1, folio 30. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Vestibule, State Library of New South Wales, 2007. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Building demolition, 88-90 Pitt Street, Sydney, ca. 1882-1883. [First home of the Australian Subscription Library in Pitt Street, on the first floor]

Photographer unknown.

State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, SPF/589 [Digital no a089589] Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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The Australian Subscription Library, from F. C. Terry Landscape scenery. Sydney, Sands & Kenny; London, Sands & Son, 1855. In the public domain.

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Interior, Free Public Library, Sydney [1892]. Photographer NSW Government Printing Office. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, SPF/195 [digital order no a089195]. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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The Mitchell Wing, c. 1910. Photographer unknown. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, Small Picture File. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Mitchell Library Reading Room, 1911-1912. Photographer unknown. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, SPF / Sydney - Libraries - Mitchell Library 1911-12 [digital order no a1528225] Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Beat Bros stone work to the Public Library of N. S. W., 1939-1942, ‘Showing one of the lintel stones’ and ‘Ionic caps’. Photographer unknown. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library F727.82/1A1 folios 3 and 23. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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View of the Reading Room looking down from one of the galleries, Public Library of NSW, 1942. Photographer Sam Hood. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, NCY31/514. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Public Library of New South Wales, 1942. Photographer unknown. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, PXA377 folio 3. Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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Haberfield Library, NSW. Former school of arts extended and remodelled by architects Tanner Associates. Reproduced by kind permission of Tanner Associates.

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Sign at Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Haberfield Library, NSW. Former school of arts extended and remodelled by architects Tanner Associates. Reproduced by kind permission of Tanner Associates.

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Haberfield Library, NSW. Former school of arts extended and remodelled by architects Tanner Associates. Reproduced by kind permission of Tanner Associates.

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Walkabout: NSW photographs, 37, Reading room, old Fisher Library, 1959. State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, PXA 907 Box 16 [digital order no a384005] Reproduced by kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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‘The new Fisher Library prior to the completion of the stack, 1965.’ University of Sydney, G3/224/94. Reproduced by kind permission of the University of Sydney Library. http://sydney.edu.au/senate/documents/History/Library.pdf

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Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, 1959. Photographer Wolfgang Sievers. State Library of Victoria, accession No: H2003.100/221, image No: mp022538. Reproduced by kind permission of the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/miscpics/gid/slv-pic-aab27493/1/mp022538

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Front view of the National Library of Australia with forecourt and fountains, 1968 Photographer Max Dupain. National Library of Australia, nla.pic-vn4317941-s3. Reproduced by kind permission of Jill White Photography. http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4317941-s3

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National Library of Australia. Photographer ‘Martyman’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NLA_Canberra-01JAC.JPG

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The Concourse Library, Chatswood, NSW, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Law Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Riverina Regional Library, Wagga Wagga. Photographer David J. Jones

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Fisher Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Singapore, 2004. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Macquarie University Library, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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SciTech Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Riverina Regional Library, Wagga Wagga. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Law Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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The Concourse Library, Chatswood, NSW, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Riverina Regional Library, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Riverina Regional Library, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Toronto Reference Library. Photographer ‘Raysonho’. In the public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TorontoReferenceLibrary.jpg

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Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor view. Photographer unknown. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toronto_reference_library_2nd_floor_view.jpg

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The front entrance and exterior of the Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Ontario. Photographer Michael Stephens. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toronto_Reference_Library,_exterior.jpg Front of the Alexander Library Building in Perth, Western Australia. Photographer ‘Orderinchaos’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Library_Front_entrance.jpg

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Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Photographer K. C. Tang. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Central_Library5.jpg Singapore, 2004. Photographer David J. Jones.

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State Library of New South Wales, 2007. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Card catalogue at National Library of Australia, 1968 Photographer Max Dupain. National Library of Australia, nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4317941-s7. Reproduced by kind permission of Jill White Photography. http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4317941-s7 Law Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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The Concourse, Chatswood, New South Wales. Designed by Francis Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT). Reproduced by kind permission of Francis Jones Morehen Thorp.

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Haymarket Library. Architects Tanner Associates. Reproduced by kind permission of Tanner Associates.

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Seattle Central Library. Photographer Bobak Ha’Eri. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0604-19-SeattleCentralLibrary.jpg

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Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam. Photographer ‘Ceinturion’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BibliotheekOBA_2.jpg

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Blacktown Library, New South Wales. Architects Francis Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT). Reproduced by kind permission of Francis Jones Morehen Thorp. Exterior of the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, Montreal; April 2005. Photograph and compositing by Montrealais. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grande_bibliotheque_du_Quebec-exterior.jpg

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Sengkang Community Library, Singapore, 2004. Photographer David J .Jones.

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SciTech Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Earlville Library, Queensland. Architects Stephenson and Turner International. Photographer Geoffrey Larkin. Reproduced by kind permission of Stephenson and Turner International.

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Singapore, 2004. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Earlville Library, Queensland. Architects Stephenson and Turner International. Photographer Geoffrey Larkin. Reproduced by kind permission of Stephenson and Turner International.

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Customs House Library, Sydney. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Dresden Public Library. Photographer Conrad Nutschan. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St%C3%A4dtische_Bibliotheken_Dresden_Ecke_Prager_Stra%C3%9Fe_-_Rechnerpool_medien@ge.jpg

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Macquarie University Library, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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SciTech Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographed by David J. Jones.

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Singapore, 2004. Photographer David J. Jones.

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Grand hall of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montreal; April 2005. Photograph and compositing by ‘Montrealais’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grande_bibliotheque_du_Quebec-main_hall.jpg The atrium of the Black Diamond extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photographer Kai Sender. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Diamond_-_atrium.jpg

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SciTech Library, University of Sydney, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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9th level of the Harold Washington Library (Chicago). Photographer ‘Giovanni-P’. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:9th_Level_Harold_Washington_Library.jpg

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Macquarie University Library, 2011. Photographer David J. Jones.

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