NewsgalleryPicture gallery: Inside the Library of BirminghamBookmarkShareNewsByStacey Barnfield-BP11:20, 28 AUG 2013Updated15:26, 6 JUL 2016The Library of Birmingham Book Rotunda1 of 19The Library of Birmingham's foyer2 of 19Inside the Library of Birmingham3 of 19The Library of Birmingham Book Rotunda4 of 19Laura Norton reading a book in the Library of Birmingham's children's section5 of 19The Library of Birmingham Discovery Terrace6 of 19The old Central Library can be seen from the new building7 of 19Maps and local history documents await archiving in the new Library of Birmingham8 of 19The escalator up to the Book Rotunda9 of 19Light floods in to one of the library's vast sections10 of 19The Centenary Square Amphitheatre11 of 19Inside the Book Rotunda12 of 19Library director Brian Gambles in the Shakespeare Memorial Room13 of 19The glass elevator will take visitors to the top of the building14 of 19Escalators zigzag the inside of the building15 of 19The view across Birmingham from the Library of Birmingham16 of 19Views from the Library of Birmingham17 of 19The lower, south and east facing 1,400m2 Discovery Terrace overlooks Centenary Square and has a mixture of perennials, evergreen species, bulbs and small trees18 of 19Views across Birmingham from the Library of Birmingham19 of 19