Avid and casual bookworms alike can agree upon the awe-inspiring beauty of ancient libraries across the globe. In true metafictional fashion, entire volumes of books have been written on the topic of historical and contemporary libraries, extolling their cultural significance over the centuries.
From the Hellenic Library of Alexandra to Oxford’s own Bodleian, libraries occupy a space of unique and invaluable importance throughout history. How we choose to catalogue and display priceless literature is crucial, but even more significant is how we democratise the information held within the pages of these irreplaceable texts.
