Near the end of the Middle Ages a device came into service that helped avid readers: the book carousel or book wheel
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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.”
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British Library acquires the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book
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$12 million gift opens new chapter for New York Public Library’s treasures
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Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures
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The quest to find William Shakespeare's library
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The grand old tradition of gaming at the library
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Why I love my library and you should too
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The bookmobiles: Vintage photos of traveling libraries, 1910s-1960s
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This Buddhist Foundation prints and distributes Dharma books free of charge. If you know someone (or a library!) who would enjoy access to those books, feel free to take a look at the website.
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Bats act as pest control at the library of the Palace of Mafra in Portugal
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Forbes deleted a deeply misinformed op-ed arguing Amazon should replace libraries
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US Federal prisons abruptly cancel policy that made it harder, costlier for inmates to get books
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