“Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum

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Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is a membership-based library located in downtown Seattle, Washington. It was founded as a nonprofit corporation spearheaded by David Brewster in 2015,^[1] and opened its doors in January, 2016.^[2] It occupies a portion of the southern end of the YMCA Central Branch Building, a Seattle city landmark brick building constructed about 1930. The library's website describes it as "... a gathering place for books and the people who love them. Devoted to the intellectually curious, Folio offers circulating collections, vibrant conversations, innovative cultural and civic programs, and work spaces for writers. Come to Folio for an hour or a day. The books are waiting for you."^[3]

Initial membership was 300 and the initial collection contained 15,000 books.^[4]

Folio's hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. ^[5]

There are several other subscription libraries in the metropolitan cities around the United States including Boston, San Francisco, New York, London, San Diego, Providence, Newport, Cincinnati and Philadelphia.^[1]

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1. ^¹Subscription library to offer not just books — quiet, too, Mary Ann Gwinn, The Seattle Times, May 24–26, 2015
2. ^Opening the Folio, Paul Constant, The Seattle Review of Books, September 24, 2015
3. ^Folio website
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerdigitaled.com/higher-ed/New-Seattle-Library-Sets-Aside-Technology-in-Favor-of-Books.html|title=New Seattle Library Sets Aside Technology in Favor of Books|website=www.centerdigitaled.com|access-date=2016-12-27}}
5. ^

External links

Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum (library website)
[https://www.facebook.com/folioseattle/ Folio Facebook page]

4 : Libraries in Seattle|Non-profit organizations based in Seattle|Subscription libraries|2016 establishments in Washington (state)

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