Oluwafemi Precious Ariyibi, 13, Terena Amy Gillian Danner, 15, Maryam Rimi, 16, Lisa Pulimood, 15, Rebekah Middleton, 16, at the redesigned library. Picture: David Johnson
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A school has looked to the Renaissance to develop a library for the future.
The Stephen Perse Foundation unveiled its new high-tech senior school library after it found itself questioning what library space is for now that information can be all published virtually rather than physically.
It believes the “proliferation of digital publishing creates an appetite for highly crafted books as valuable artefacts” – much like the prizing of rare and beautiful books during the Renaissance – and have created a library with a museum feel to it.
A spokesman for the private school in Cambridge said: “If the information can be virtualised then what is the physical space for? Can it be dispensed with? Our approach has been different. Instead of looking only to the future, we have looked to the past for inspiration. “
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