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Related Links New York libraries and hotel are a dream for bibliophiles posted by Blake on Wednesday October 10, @02:47PM from the bibliophiles dept. MiamiHerald.com Takes A Look At The Library Hotel, a civilizing oasis of comfort and care. Vacant for six years prior to its current reincarnation, the former office building, constructed in the 1920s, was renovated into a boutique hotel of 60 rooms. What Would You Like to ...Ask Mr. Library Man? »
Related Stories OCLC and The Library Hotel settle trademark complaint OCLC Is Annoucning they have reached a settlement agreement regarding the use of the Dewey Decimal Classification® system trademarks by The Library Hotel.
Washington Post profiles Library Hotel in Manhattan The Washington Post recently profiled the Library Hotel in Manhattan. The hotel, located one block away from the New York Public Library at 41st and Madison, maintains over 6,000 books in its collection and organizes the rooms according to the Dewey Decimal System. According to the article, "the hotel has been enthusiastically welcomed by readers, writers, artists and librarians (Libraries Room 1000.001). From the hefty art books shelved in mahogany in the sleek lobby to the delicate volumes of verse in the Poetry Garden on the 14th-floor indoor terrace, the place is a bibliophile's dream."The most popular room request? 800.001, the Erotic Literature room. New York libraries and hotel are a dream for bibliophiles | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 1 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 1 comments 0: 1 comments 1: 1 comments 2: 1 comments 3: 0 comments 4: 0 comments 5: 0 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. XML 
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