There's a library on the moon now. It might last billions of years. ~space Article 1222 words, published Apr 13 2024 10 votes
Six badass librarians who changed history ~books libraries Article 440 words, published Apr 5 2024 13 votes
Idaho libraries must move materials deemed harmful to children, or face lawsuits, under new law ~books libraries Article 868 words 24 votes
Critical vulnerability in Rust's Command library allows for command injection when using its API to invoke batch scripts with arguments on Windows systems (CVE-2024-24576) ~comp security.cyber programming languages Article 450 words 18 votes
US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers ~books libraries Article 912 words, published Mar 12 2024 46 votes
Trolls targeted TikTok librarian Mychal Threets. Now he’s quitting to rediscover his library joy. ~life Article 907 words, published Mar 1 2024 31 votes
Police bodycam shows sheriff hunting for 'obscene' books at library ~books libraries Article 208 words 54 votes
Indexing the information age - Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable ~tech Article 3050 words 13 votes
Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time ~books libraries Article 10 votes
Choose Your Own Adventure - 45 years ago, one kids book series taught a generation how to make bad decisions ~books libraries fiction.interactive Article 1703 words, published Jan 5 2024 25 votes
Each year from 2014 to 2114, a manuscript is sealed in The Silent Room of Norway's Future Library – the goal: greater hope for humankind ~books libraries literature Article 3456 words 13 votes
How to lose a library [British Library cyber attacks] ~books libraries.deposit Article 2003 words 10 votes
This library has most books ever published in the UK ~books libraries.deposit Video 4:59, published Sep 11 2023 10 votes
Houston Public Library launches self-service book kiosk at Hobby Airport ~books libraries Article 781 words 9 votes
Ending censorship applies to prison too - US prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs ~books libraries.prison Article 1304 words, published Oct 30 2023 22 votes
Forgotten to return your library book? Don’t worry about it [library fines are falling out of fashion] ~books libraries Article 290 words 23 votes
The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts ~books libraries Article 649 words 39 votes
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters ~lgbt Article 1261 words 36 votes
Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state ~books libraries Article 543 words 13 votes
Pahrump Nevada library considers controversial policy of moving children’s books to the adult section based on content ~books libraries Article 1284 words, published Aug 18 2023 13 votes
The cost to librarians and libraries from the US culture wars ~books libraries Article 3301 words 22 votes
Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power ~humanities.history Article 3376 words 15 votes
US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials ~books libraries Article 277 words 50 votes
How a pair of unreleased John Coltrane tapes surfaced at New York Public Library ~music jazz Article 2347 words 21 votes
UnsuckJS : Progressively enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries ~comp web development Link 4 votes
2023 Library Systems Report | The advance of open source systems ~books libraries Article 6745 words, published May 1 2023 4 votes
US school librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars ~books libraries Article 1971 words 8 votes
To build a delightful library for kids, start with these ninety-nine books ~books libraries fiction.young adult Article 138 words, published Dec 6 2022 7 votes
Judith Schalansky has become the ninth author to be selected for the Future Library, which asks authors to create a work that will not be revealed to readers until 2114 ~books libraries Article 530 words 5 votes
A mom’s campaign to ban library books divided a Texas town — and her own family ~lgbt Article 3715 words 7 votes
Twilight of the libraries: What gets lost when books go off-site and online ~books libraries Article 1989 words, published Jul 8 2022 4 votes
Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why? ~books libraries Article 2585 words 9 votes
Hate crime investigation underway after alleged Proud Boys storm Drag Queen Story Hour at Bay Area library ~lgbt Article 642 words 5 votes
US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools ~books libraries Article 1034 words 18 votes
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you. ~books libraries Article 2003 words 18 votes
The current New York Times Best Sellers list for combined print and e-book fiction, scaled according to demand for the e-book at a selection of US public libraries ~books fiction libraries Article 418 words 6 votes
The inside story of the 25-year, $8 million heist of maps, books, and artwork from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library ~books libraries Article 3875 words 5 votes
Ocean Vuong joins Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell and Karl Ove Knausgård to lock away work in the Future Library to be published in ninety-four years time ~books libraries Article 817 words 10 votes