Some quick links:
- A fantastic video promotion of the New York Public Library.
{via [The ‘M’ World - Marketing Libraries](http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/great-video-series-by-nypl.html)}
- [Brilliantly Bookish: 15 Dazzling Library Designs](http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/10/clever-creative-modern-library-architecture-designs/)
A wonderful list of 15 wonderful looking designs of library buildings around the world. Some are still in the design stage while others are already operating. Unfortunately, the NLB Building is not featured in the list. I particularly like the designs for [Ballard Library](http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/dpd/Planning/Design_Commission/What_We_Do/Visual_Resume/DPD_001986.asp), Philadelphia’s [Parkway Central Library](http://libwww.freelibrary.org/expansion/), and London’s [Peckham Library](http://www.archidose.org/Jul00/071700.html). Go have a look and see which are your favourites.
{via [LISNews](http://lisnews.org/brilliantly_bookish_15_dazzling_library_designs)}
- [Luckenwalde Public Library, Germany](http://bibliothek.luckenwalde.de/index.php?option=com_frontpageItemid=1)
The library is housed in a former train station and looks really beautiful. And the interior looks even nicer with the specially designed furniture.
{via [walking paper](http://www.walkingpaper.org/1084)}
- [Eat a scorpion? Anything to motivate teens to read](http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/730294.html)
This is a really bizarre news article where the teen services librarian ate a scorpion pop as a challenge for the teens to post a certain number of comments about the books they have read. So, any other teen librarians interested?
{via [LISNews](http://lisnews.org/teen_librarian_goes_distance_young_adult_readers)}