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Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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National Library Lovers Month 2024 (and Library Lovers Day)
February is National Library Lovers Month in the USA. And February 14 is a very special day for lovers…of libraries! February 14 is Valentines Day, the day for lovers. But it is also a very special day for library lovers, too. And by that I don’t mean people who get cheeky under desks and between the stacks.
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Classic books can be easy to read if you know where to start
Classic books can be challenging reads, but with technology all around, it doesn't have to be. Whether it's using Google to search up unknown words or listening to audiobooks instead of reading, all are useful when it comes to the Classics.
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Utah Bill that requires statewide removal of school library books deemed pornographic by 3 districts close to passage
Bill sought to refine legislation passed 2 years ago that floor sponsor Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said led to ‘some ludicrous results where people were challenging the Qur’an, the Bible and other books of scripture.’
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First 24 hour automated library in U.S. installed
The first 24 hour automated library in the United States was installed in Norman at Irving Recreation Center.
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10 of the world's most spectacular libraries
Even the quietest of buildings can make a loud-and-clear design statement, as these libraries prove. Housed in architecturally ambitious structures, they are places that celebrate human achievement with awesome environments.
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Texas man reportedly arrested due to overdue library book
A Texas man had the book thrown at him when he failed to return an overdue study guide to a local library, resulting in jail time and a $200 fine, KWTX.com reported.
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JFK Library :: The President's Desk
Sit at President Kennedy's Oval Office Desk and discover what it means to hold the highest office in the land. Click on the icons on the desk.
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Library of Congress: 75% of Silent Films Lost
A study from the Library of Congress reveals for the first time how many feature films produced by U.S. studios during the silent film era still exist, what condition they’re in and where they are located.
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British Library uploads over a million historical images onto Flickr to research and remix
The British Library announced yesterday that it has uploaded more than one million public domain photos from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries to Flickr. The move comes as part of an ambitious project that will crowdsource inventive ways to navigate the massive store of photos, foster research, and encourage users to remix and repurpose the images.
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Vatican, Oxford put ancient manuscripts online
The Vatican Library and Oxford University's Bodleian Library put the first of 1.5 million pages of their precious manuscripts online Tuesday, bringing their collections to a global audience for the first time.
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You'll never guess where this FBI agent left a secret interrogation manual
In a lapse that national security experts call baffling, a high-ranking FBI agent filed a sensitive internal manual detailing the bureau's secret interrogation procedures with the Library of Congress, where anyone with a library card can read it.
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The Top 10 Library Stories of 2013
PW takes a look back at 10 big library stories of 2013, and a look ahead to what might be on the horizon in 2014.
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14,000 Latvians form human chain to deliver books to new library
On Saturday, about 14,000 people in Latvia's capital formed a human chain of book lovers to kick off Riga's year as a 2014 European Capital of Culture. The crowd braved icy temperatures to pass library books — by hand — from the old National Library to the new building 1.2 miles (2 km) away. As you can see from this video, there was much dancing and rejoicing
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Obama library in Chicago: Which site will snag it?
Several places are competing to be the host of the Obama library in Chicago.
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The Skinny on Harvard’s Rare Book Collection
A few individuals give new meaning to the idea of spending forever in the library—their skin binds three of the books in Harvard’s 15-million-volume collection. Without extensive genetic testing, Harvard librarians still do not have the “foggiest notion” of how many volumes wrapped in human hide exist throughout the system, says Director of University Libraries Sidney Verba ’53.
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What Will Become of the Library?
Around the turn of the 20th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor stack systems can still be seen in many important libraries built in that era, for instance at Harvard, Columbia, the Vatican, and at Bryant Park in New York City. Besides storing old bundles of bound paper, Snead’s stacks provided load-bearing structural support to these venerable buildings.
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Book News: Happiness Study Says Library Trips Are As Good As A Pay Raise
Going to the library gives people the same kick as getting a raise does — a £1,359 ($ 2,282) raise, to be exact — according to a study commissioned by the U.K.'s Department for Culture, Media & Sport. The study, which looks at the ways "cultural engagement" affects overall wellbeing, concluded that a significant association was found between frequent library use and reported wellbeing.
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Sarajevo reopens landmark city hall and library destroyed in war
Sarajevo's City Hall, a stately neo-Moorish edifice marked by the violence of two 20th-century wars, has returned to its old glory after being destroyed by Serb shelling during the siege of the city in 1992.
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Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians - The British Library
Discover 1,200 Romantic and Victorian literary treasures, new insights by 60 experts, 25 documentary films, 30 inspirational teachers’ notes and more.
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