Today, our library group met out in the courtyard prior to setting off for another adventure. We shuffled off via the tube, to the Barbican Centre Library. initially, we were greeted by a member of the library who I didn't get the name of (that is bad, since I always make it a point to get the names of everyone involved in a tour).
It was a bit smaller than the British Library, but still impressive. We initially met with the Children's Librarian Amanda Owens and Julie, Sr. Assistant Librarian to start our tour. Amanda explained that they had a staff of 6 in the children's area. We were given a short descriptive tour(look-around) of their good-sized room which had two mini-stepped ampitheatres for the young children to sit on during storytime, as well as some bean-bag chairs and a traditional couch. On the floor infront of the seating was a series of wooden boxes that contained books that were labeled alphabetically. I also noticed a large painted graphic on the wall extending from the entrance which was of a race track, 6 numbered lanes on the left side and the finish line at the right, with the title of READING CHALLENGE, centered at the top of the graphic. I was going to ask about it, however, time ran out and we needed to proceed onto the next section, which was the Music Library.
We were greeted by Liz Wells, Music Librarian, given a short introduction of herself and what to expect at our next stop. We were led into the Music Library, where we...
Then we met up with Jonathan Gibbs, IT Librarian, who gave us a quick tour of the young adult and adult reading sections...
(To be continued)
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