The Central library provides access to
- Assistive technology
- Community information
- Council papers and planning applications (online)
- Drama collection
- Employment and training advice
- Events and activities for adult and children
- Free internet access
- Intellectual property
- Learning sessions
- Leeds Tapestry - 16 panels of extraordinary work of art about the history of the city.
- Newspapers and journals
- Online resources
- Photocopiers
- Printing - black and white, colour
- Quiet study area
- Readers' group and writers' group
- Request service
- Special collections
The building itself was designed by George Corson, a Leeds architect with Scottish roots who in fact won the competition to do so. He divided the building into a 'business side' situated on the ground floor and a Free Public Library on the first. The present restoration work has now fully restored the Tiled Hall to its original magnificence, after a £1.5m refurbishment of the gallery and the adjacent Art Gallery. The renovation was completed in June 2007, including opening up the magnificent Victorian tiled hall (used as a café and bookshop) which links the gallery and the library. At first floor level there is direct access from the gallery to the Art Library.
Aside from the history of the building, what interested me most was the mosaic stain glass windows and vibrant blue tiling. In our group discussion we thought about a Way-finding system compiled of black/ white or grey dots, as a continuation with the halftone theme and signifying there is more work round the corner for example (to be continued).
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