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The main library in Roanoke was really great, but I was really frustrated by a bad policy: “no photos unless approved by the director”.  Because of this, I can’t show you the cool plastic hoods hanging over the tables in the teen room that appeared to direct sound so that a group could listen to whatever music they wanted without bothering everyone else.  I also can’t show you the Virginia Room, a great local history and genealogy collection located in one wing of the library.  I would have asked for the director’s permission, but she was in a meeting (as a director often is) and nobody else there was authorized to allow me to take photographs.  Can anyone offer me a good reason why picture-taking requires permission from the highest level?  This is not unique to the Roanoke Library.  Here’s a few pictures from the outside.

update: thanks @justnathan for the link to Roanoke Libraries on Flickr!