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Those books look like they'd all fit on $300 worth of shelving from IKEA. The library probably cost $800k to remodel.
by vidanay 7y ago
Those books look like they'd all fit on $300 worth of shelving from IKEA.
The library probably cost $800k to remodel.
- throwphoton 7y agoYou could also fit a large assortment of gourmet meats into a stack of shoeboxes, but it's preferable to display them in a way that whets the observer's appetite.
- dhosek 7y agoI don't know, I find a bunch of yellow-spined Springer texts to be appetizing just shelved together. I didn't realize the shelves weren't empty until I saw the top comment and went back to look.
- Smaug123 7y agoMy reaction to the various pictures, for what it's worth, was "what a beautiful place - perhaps it needs more blackboards, but I would love to do maths there".
- dubya 7y agoI'm not sure how big Oberwolfach's library is, but the first pic looks more like a (somewhat fancy) journals/new acquisitions display than like primary storage.