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Why the Public Library Beats Amazon—for Now
A growing stack of companies would like you to pay a monthly fee to read e-books, just like you subscribe to Netflix to binge on movies and TV shows. Don’t bother. Go sign up for a public library card...
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Coming Soon to the Westport Library – Humanoid Robots
Connecticut’s Westport Library recently acquired two robots, Vincent and Nancy, that will be used to help teach coding and computer-programming skills. Photo: Danny Ghitis They Can Speak in 19...
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4 Ways Academic Libraries are Adapting for the Future
Has technology rendered the library obsolete? It doesn’t seem so. Instead, centers for higher learning are finding ways to reinvigorate them. Despite all the dire predictions for the future of academic...
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What Darwin Saw: Sketchbooks from the voyage of the HMS Beagle added to...
Charles Darwin considered it to be one of the most formative journeys of his life. His diary and scientific journal of his time aboard the HMS Beagle, now best known as The Voyage of the Beagle, was a...
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For the Wall: Bookish Prints & More
Welcome to For The Wall, a regularly updated Book Patrol curated collection of prints courtesy of the artists of society6. It provides a great opportunity to see how some of today’s artists and...
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British Library digitises 4m photos from endangered archives
A pioneering initiative from the British Library has seen over four million images from endangered archives all over the world digitised and put online. The Endangered Archives Programme has been...
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Al-Mutanabi street, Baghdad’s book row, gets its first female bookseller
Baghdad book row’s first women bookseller, 22-year old Ruqaya Fawziya. Al-Mutanabi Street is the historic center of the book universe in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad. It is a street lined with...
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“Cover Page Markings” Date Back to Libraries Before Computers
Pencil markings on cover page. (Indicated by red arrows) Did you know that Markings found on cover pages in books date back to libraries before computers? Back then, library staff created cataloging...
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Libraries Celebrate GLBT Book Month
Libraries are open to all. They are welcoming places where people of all ages and cultures are comfortable. For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender individuals, libraries provide valuable...
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