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Re:Helsinki Central Library chosen as the best new public li... by blakesterz on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @11:18AM (#20810486)
"Oodi is more of a living meeting place for people where you can play board games, video games, make art, 3D prints, music and such."

Ask any librarian today and they'll say that's what a library is now. Or at least that's probably what they want their library to be now. This probably only goes for public librarians.

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Re:Helsinki Central Library chosen as the best new public li... by fhbdukfrh on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @01:05PM (#20812003)
My love of wandering through the stacks of a library is definitely nostalgia-driven but there's something about being around mountains of books that is exciting. Probably the same reason people like old record stores, flea markets and bargain stores like winners...
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