Library of Birmingham v the Birmingham Library

Compare and contrast two libraries with the word 'Birmingham' in the name.

The wonderful Shakespeare Room in the golden dome

Library of Birmingham "Rewriting the book"
New Dates from September 2013
Free and open to all
Beautiful building with gold dome on top 
Light airy and spacious
General public library facilities, fiction, non-fiction and reference works
Significant collection of Shakespeare's works, Boulton and Watt Archive and others

Birmingham Library memorial stone

Birmingham Library
 Old dates from 1779, and moved to its present location in 1899
Subscription- open to all subscribers - £40 PA
19th century building with co-operative hall on top
Windowless room in semi basement
Fiction, non-fiction and reference works
Significant collection of 19th and early 20th century novels