the tiny little town of delft, in which there are two of the most amazing libraries in the world

I woke up today unsure of where we were going and how it would be helpful, a little cranky, to be honest - and then I was blown away the entire day by the things I saw in Delft.

Highlights include:

Delft TU

• Green roof you can walk up onto and sit on. For REAL. With a conical tower in the middle that allows light into the whole space.
• They built their own search function for their ILS system since they didn't like what patrons were finding.
  
• They got rid of rules like no eating, decided students were going to eat, and they might as well let them, and hired more cleaning staff.

Delft Public Library

• Glass windows of books
• A performance stage
• A lab in which cool apps for all sort of things are developed, including Microsoft's touch table technology
• A cafe in the library
  
• a place for musicians to practice - there's a piano with headphones so as not to disturb anyone else
  
• An art collection you can check out
• Wheels on shelves so they can be easily moved around
  
• A whole room for romances
  
• and so much more

This library absolutely blew my mind and changed how I think about what a library could be. That's all I can really say about it at the moment.