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9 votes
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Digital books are costing local libraries a ton
22 votes -
There's a library on the moon now. It might last billions of years.
10 votes -
Six badass librarians who changed history
13 votes -
Idaho libraries must move materials deemed harmful to children, or face lawsuits, under new law
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)
18 votes -
What resources are available in a modern library?
20 votes -
What libraries risk when they go entirely digital
6 votes -
A university librarian asks: How do we rescue the past?
14 votes -
US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
46 votes -
Trolls targeted TikTok librarian Mychal Threets. Now he’s quitting to rediscover his library joy.
31 votes -
Police bodycam shows sheriff hunting for 'obscene' books at library
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
13 votes -
Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time
10 votes -
Choose Your Own Adventure - 45 years ago, one kids book series taught a generation how to make bad decisions
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
13 votes -
How to lose a library [British Library cyber attacks]
10 votes -
This library has most books ever published in the UK
10 votes -
Houston Public Library launches self-service book kiosk at Hobby Airport
9 votes -
Ending censorship applies to prison too - US prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs
22 votes -
Forgotten to return your library book? Don’t worry about it [library fines are falling out of fashion]
23 votes -
The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts
39 votes -
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters
36 votes -
Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state
13 votes -
Pahrump Nevada library considers controversial policy of moving children’s books to the adult section based on content
13 votes -
The cost to librarians and libraries from the US culture wars
22 votes -
The coming enshittification of US public libraries
98 votes -
Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power
15 votes -
US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
50 votes -
How a pair of unreleased John Coltrane tapes surfaced at New York Public Library
21 votes -
UnsuckJS : Progressively enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries
4 votes -
Have you been to the library lately?
15 votes -
2023 Library Systems Report | The advance of open source systems
4 votes -
US school librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars
8 votes -
To build a delightful library for kids, start with these ninety-nine books
7 votes -
We need a library economy
8 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
5 votes -
A mom’s campaign to ban library books divided a Texas town — and her own family
7 votes -
Twilight of the libraries: What gets lost when books go off-site and online
4 votes -
Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why?
9 votes -
Hate crime investigation underway after alleged Proud Boys storm Drag Queen Story Hour at Bay Area library
5 votes -
Digital archivists race to preserve Ukrainian heritage
11 votes -
US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools
18 votes -
New York Public Library ends all late fees
23 votes -
Tour of the sacred library
10 votes -
Charles I's travelling library
4 votes -
Have a flick through Isaac Newton's notebook
4 votes -
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.
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
6 votes -
The inside story of the 25-year, $8 million heist of maps, books, and artwork from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library
5 votes -
Annotated digital archive of historic books
6 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
10 votes -
16th century bookwheels, the e-readers of the Renaissance, get brought to life by 21st century designers
3 votes -
The Boston Public Library needs help transcribing anti-slavery letters
5 votes -
The digital archives of the oldest Black newspaper in America show a long struggle for justice
5 votes -
Internet Archive ends its "National Emergency Library" unlimited digital book-lending program in response to lawsuit filed by publishers
14 votes -
Four major US publishers sue Internet Archive for copyright infringement, alleging that it has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public
30 votes -
Tracking down all of Isaac Asimov's books
10 votes -
Why authors are so angry about the Internet Archive’s Emergency Library
10 votes -
The National Library of Scotland has digitized the first eight editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, issued between 1768 and 1860
10 votes -
Best non-resident library cards for Overdrive access
11 votes -
Internet Archive has created a National Emergency Library, allowing users access to all 1.4 million books in their collection with no waiting lists
25 votes -
How to help librarians and archivists from your living room
8 votes -
Hoopla offering Bonus Borrows - 1000+ selection of books that do not count against your borrowing credit
5 votes -
The uncensored library: A digital library containing suppressed articles, built inside Minecraft to bypass internet surveillance and censorship
16 votes -
People go to the library twice as often as they go to the movies
22 votes -
A Missouri bill intended to bar libraries from stocking “age-inappropriate sexual material” for children could land librarians who refuse to comply with it in jail
15 votes -
Virginia school board stops removal of LGBTQ-themed children’s books
7 votes -
The New York Public Library has calculated its most checked-out books of all time
20 votes -
New year, new policy: Seattle Public Library no longer charging late fees
12 votes -
Kalamazoo school district decides not to have LGBTQ books in reading program
4 votes -
E-books at libraries are a huge hit, leading to long waits, reader hacks and worried publishers
25 votes -
Helsinki Library has robots to help reshelve books – they get a lot of press attention but they're not the important part of the library
5 votes -
How Helsinki built book heaven – Finland's most ambitious library is a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement
7 votes -
Karl Ove Knausgård is to become the sixth contributor to the Future Library, which collects works by contemporary authors that will remain unread until 2114
9 votes -
The Biblioteca de Marvila library in Lisbon helped rejuvenate a neglected neighborhood through embracing and encouraging gaming
7 votes -
Literature locked up: How prison book restriction policies constitute the nation’s largest book ban
6 votes -
Libraries and archivists are scanning and uploading books that are secretly in the public domain
8 votes -
Harry Potter books removed from St. Edward Catholic School due to 'curses and spells'
7 votes -
Helsinki's new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the IFLA
6 votes -
Twice a year this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm's archipelago
4 votes -
From singing together to being read to in a library – an arts participation scheme is transforming lives in Denmark
5 votes -
Rebuilding Jane Austen’s library
6 votes -
Future Library is one of the most interesting projects happening in Europe right now that connects literature, art and the environment
4 votes -
Prisons are banning books that teach prisoners how to code
8 votes -
For remote communities in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, mobile libraries are a lifeline
7 votes -
Longmont library district proposal won’t be on November’s ballot
2 votes -
Having a library or cafe down the block could change your life
16 votes -
Should a Colorado library publish local news?
11 votes -
Can you access university libraries in your country w/o an affiliation to the university?
In Turkey, where I live, almost all universities restrict access to staff and students (only their own students if not a graduate student); the only exception I can find is the Koç University...
In Turkey, where I live, almost all universities restrict access to staff and students (only their own students if not a graduate student); the only exception I can find is the Koç University where paid membership is open to public. I've researched in the past and found that major universities around the world---i.e. Italy, France, UK, US; selection factor being the languages I can read---seem to allow the public to access in one way or another (article, in Turkish, with results). But I wonder how accurate my reading is with the reality, and thus I'm asking this question.
So, as a plain citizen w/o any current affiliation to any educational institutions, can you access university libraries where you live? Does it matter if you have certain diplomas or affiliations? How easy it is?
10 votes -
Christopher Columbus' son had an enormous library. Its catalog was just found
6 votes -
James Patterson donates $1.25 million to classroom libraries
9 votes -
How the New York Public Library fills its shelves (and why some books don't make the cut)
5 votes -
The Autarky (Self-Sustainability) Library
6 votes -
'She means thirty books per room, right?' Bibliophiles voice their horror over claims tidying guru Marie Kondo tells people to severely restrict the reading material they keep in their home.
11 votes -
Every city should have a toy library
11 votes -
Near the end of the Middle Ages a device came into service that helped avid readers: the book carousel or book wheel
14 votes -
A personal library too big to get through in a lifetime “isn’t a sign of failure or ignorance,” but rather “a badge of honor.”
11 votes -
British Library acquires the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book
5 votes -
$12 million gift opens new chapter for New York Public Library’s treasures
5 votes