In most cases what has been added are links to the images, not to the pages associated with the images--pages where not only information about each library is found but, more importantly, where the attribution for the photographers lies. Those photographers make their work available to share under a license that requires that they be credited. Linking to the image file (let alone publishing without any sort of credit, as was originally done) doesn't meet the terms of their license. I would have hoped that The Toast would help make sure that its writers can adhere to the licensing terms of the images they use.

For others who might have missed my post or my later comment, all the information about these photographers and about the libraries depicted can be found in my compilation at http://sarahwerner.net/blog/2016/01/what-those-li...

Curious about what libraries are shown here? I tracked them all down (I can't help it; I spend a lot of time in libraries, not to mention dreaming about them!): http://sarahwerner.net/blog/2016/01/what-those-li...