Border-straddling library raises $140K for renovations after US limits Canadian access ~books libraries Article 675 words 19 votes
Restitution project genealogists track down rightful heirs of Nazi-looted books ~humanities.history Article 1547 words, published Feb 10 2025 9 votes
A glimpse behind the bookshelves in Russia's small-town libraries ~books libraries.regional Article 237 words, published Dec 11 2022 10 votes
Z-Library helps students to overcome academic poverty, study finds ~life education Article 918 words 38 votes
Norway launches Jon Fosse prize for literary translators – aims to celebrate the work of an overlooked and underpaid profession facing an existential threat from AI ~books literature libraries.national Article 573 words 17 votes
Sweden's libraries caught in a political row about drag story hour – far right have tried to block events from taking place, with varied levels of success ~lgbt Article 796 words 16 votes
Native American author Tommy Orange selected as the next Future Library writer – will pen a manuscript that won't be published until 2114 ~books libraries Article 654 words 13 votes
It’s official: These thirteen books are now banned from all public schools in Utah ~books libraries.school Article 636 words 48 votes
Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas ~books libraries.school Article 2214 words 20 votes
Library asks users to verify that books actually exist before making a loan request because AI invents book titles ~tech Link 43 votes
Scholars discover rare 16th-century tome with handwritten notes by John Milton ~books libraries Article 961 words, published May 15 2024 17 votes
Queer Liberation Library offers free LGBTQ books in response to wave of US school bans ~books libraries.digital libraries.school Article 1137 words 21 votes
Book borrowed from Finnish library returned eighty-four years late – copy of Arthur Conan Doyle's Refugees was due to be returned month after USSR invaded Finland ~books libraries.central Article 380 words 13 votes
British Library on why it kept it real in communication about ransomware attack ~tech security.cyber Article 953 words 9 votes
Book ban fight in Nevada would create LGBTQ section of libraries ~books libraries Article 512 words, published Apr 23 2024 9 votes
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