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Why US libraries are on the frontlines of the homelessness crisis
Homeless people are relying on public libraries as a safe haven to stay warm and avoid harassment from law enforcement, advocates say
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In Which the Author Makes a Library Costume. Plus, a Bonus Babadook!
Kristin Cashore, author of the Graceling series and "Jane Unlimited"
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'Forgotten archive' of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church
A team of researchers in Romania has discovered over 200 books and manuscripts in a church in Mediaș. It includes dozens of early printed works and manuscript fragments dating back to as early as the 9th century.
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Michigan library could close after town votes to defund it over 5 LGBTQ-themed books
Book banning in libraries and schools is gaining momentum across the country.
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Publishers Lose Their Shit After Authors Push Back On Their Attack On Libraries
On Friday, we wrote about hundreds of authors signing a letter calling out the big publishers’ attacks on libraries (in many, many different ways). The publishers pretend to represent the bes…
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Garbage collectors open library with abandoned books
Garbage collectors in the Turkish capital have opened a public library made up entirely of books once destined for the landfills.
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Nora Roberts donates $50K to embattled Jamestown Township library
Romance novelist Nora Roberts has donated $50,000 to support a library in Jamestown Township that has faced pushback from its community over keeping LGBTQ books in the stacks. The Jamestown Township Library board confirmed the donation to a GoFundMe account. Roberts’ publicist told News 8 the $50,000 was the maximum donation allowed by GoFundMe but added Roberts said library leaders could reach out to her if they need more.
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Do not try this at home: Medieval medicine under the spotlight in major new project
How did our medieval ancestors use dove faeces, fox lungs, salted owl or eel grease in medical treatments? A Wellcome funded project at Cambridge University Library is about to find out.
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Residents raise almost $100,000 for Michigan library defunded over LGBTQ books
Residents of a small town in western Michigan helped raise almost $100,000 for their local library after it was defunded over the inclusion of LGBTQ books. Primary voters in Jamestown Township, a community 20 miles east of Lake Michigan, rejected a proposal last week to renew tax funds to support the Patmos Library in nearby Hudsonville that serves Jamestown and the surrounding area. The rejection, which passed with nearly two-thirds voter approval, eliminates 84% of the public library’s annual budget, or $245,000.
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Some states are changing the laws that govern community libraries
When the Kentucky Legislature started mulling a bill that would tighten control over public libraries earlier this year, librarians across the state called their lawmakers pushing for its defeat. In the past, legislators would at least have heard them out, says Jean Ruark, chair of the advocacy committee of the Kentucky Library Association. Not this time.
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Sample Dissertations | Dissertation Topics | Dissertation Examples
Study Aids offers outstanding sample dissertations and dissertation examples for university students. New dissertation topics available.
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You be the judge: should my wife clear out her old books?
He says her book collection is out of control; she wants to keep them for ‘future generations’. You decide who’s right in this war of words. Sally and I met at school in 2015, and after four years of dating we got married last year. She’s always been a big reader and while I enjoy a book now and again, I don’t read as much as her.
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The big idea: could the greatest works of literature be undiscovered?
When the great library at Alexandria went up in flames, it is said that the books took six months to burn. We can’t know if this is true. Exactly how the library met its end, and whether it even existed, have been subjects of speculation for more than 2,000 years.
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Where to dispose of unwanted books? Try a library bookstore
From Temecula to Pasadena, people are asking me how to get rid of books. This is because I wrote about my long-overdue purge of my own shelves, which resulted in 250 books filling 10 boxes on my living room floor. “So, where did you take your boxes of perfectly good books? I have thousands,” says Cynthia Tuell of Upland. “Marie Kondo doesn’t seem to mind throwing lots of stuff away but I believe we need to reduce, reuse, recycle. Where did you recycle your books?”
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The Library Ends Late Fees, and the Treasures Roll In
The decision in New York City set off a wave of returns, accompanied by bashful notes of apology and gratitude.
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'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks left on library floor in pink gift bag
Two books owned by Charles Darwin are left outside Cambridge University library in a pink gift bag.
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Frenzy won't stop kids from reading 'contraband.' They will just get creative.
From graphic novels to fiction to autobiographies, there seems to be a war on books, with bans and challenges becoming increasingly more common.
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‘Freedom Libraries’ aim to transform prisons, 500 books at a time
The libraries are meant to provide beauty, access to literature and cultivate a community space in prisons nationwide.
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Furries Are Leading the War Against a Book-Banning Mississippi Mayor
Furries are helping fund a library after a mayor tried to ban books containing “homosexual materials.”
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An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf. It now has a years-long waitlist.
Staff librarians who found it agreed that as unconventional as it was, Dillon’s book met the criteria for the collection.
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