The gaming area will bring in an age group who traditionally do not use libraries.” We are still providing traditional library services, but at the same time we have new areas for children, to spark their love of reading, writing, poetry, literature, performance and creativity. ![]() ![]() Joyce Little, Head of Libraries, says: “People will see it as a very different library experience, which is exactly what we wanted. The visionary restoration has retained and re-used historic features where possible, with the new design elements complementing the historic fabric of the building, yet remaining bold and contemporary in design. A bright new children’s library has been created. With a stunning new domed atrium and a climate-controlled archive facility, the new library is now home to four million items, double the number of public access computers, new furniture, an entrance café and roof terraces overlooking the city. The 1950s Brown Library has been demolished, rebuilt and extended and the 1978 eight-storey extension between the Walker Art Gallery and the World Museum has also been demolished to make way for a new five-storey library constructed behind the Grade II listed historic façade. ![]() It was rebuilt and extended in the 1950s and 1970s. ![]() The original library was opened in 1860, and all but the façade destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.
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