Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state
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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 -
US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
50 votes -
2023 Library Systems Report | The advance of open source systems
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US school librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars
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To build a delightful library for kids, start with these ninety-nine books
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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
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Twilight of the libraries: What gets lost when books go off-site and online
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Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why?
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US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools
18 votes -
New York Public Library ends all late fees
23 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
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The inside story of the 25-year, $8 million heist of maps, books, and artwork from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library
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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
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The Boston Public Library needs help transcribing anti-slavery letters
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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
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Eight of last year's ten most challenged books in the USA had one thing in common: LGBTQ content
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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 -
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 -
The New York Public Library has calculated its most checked-out books of all time
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New year, new policy: Seattle Public Library no longer charging late fees
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Kalamazoo school district decides not to have LGBTQ books in reading program
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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 -
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
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Literature locked up: How prison book restriction policies constitute the nation’s largest book ban
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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 -
Twice a year this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm's archipelago
4 votes -
Rebuilding Jane Austen’s library
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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 -
The books of college libraries are turning into wallpaper
14 votes -
Christopher Columbus' son had an enormous library. Its catalog was just found
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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)
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The Autarky (Self-Sustainability) Library
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'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