For socialcommentators like Peter York -- author of the famous "Sloane Ranger Handbook" -- Wimbledon represents a type of Britishness that doesn't exist any more: one steeped in glorious Empire that is overwhelmingly white, affluent and still centered around London and the south east of England.
Pictures of the sign - which ends with a smiley face - have been widely circulated on social media, with many commentators congratulating the library on its stance.
In what many commentators have been calling the first social media Olympics, some fans found a disconnect between the inability to tune into live video and the boom of live coverage on blogs, Twitter and Facebook Inc. and many news websites (including The Wall Street Journal's).