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The New York Public Library's Most Checked-Out Books of 2021

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The New York Public Library's Most Checked-Out Books of 2021

8 Cool Bookstores and Libraries You Can Spend the Night In

Shakespeare and Company in Paris.

8 Cool Bookstores and Libraries You Can Spend the Night In

A Book of Poetry by E.E. Cummings Was Returned to the Library 50 Years Overdue

Two weeks. 50 years. You know, whenever you get around to it.

A Book of Poetry by E.E. Cummings Was Returned to the Library 50 Years Overdue

Cambridge University Is Hiring an Archivist to Catalog 160 Boxes of Stephen Hawking’s Work

Stephen Hawking at Cambridge's Emmanuel College in 2013.

Cambridge University Is Hiring an Archivist to Catalog 160 Boxes of Stephen Hawking’s Work

It’s All Overdue Now, Baby Blue: Man Returns Bob Dylan Album to Ohio Library 48 Years Late

Bob Dylan performs in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1978.

The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing Clara Barton's Diaries, Correspondences, and Other Rarely Seen Papers

Clara Barton photographed by Charles R. B. Claflin in 1865.

11 Rare Children's Books from the Library of Congress

Denslow's Humpty Dumpty

19 Secrets of Public Librarians

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25 Amazing Facts About Libraries

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Explore Marian Anderson’s Handwritten Letters, Private Recordings, and More in a Newly Digitized Collection

A portrait of Marian Anderson taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1940.

No Squawking, Please: A Backyard Bird Library Is the Star of This Livestream

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“They Will Catch on Fire”: Michigan Library Asks Patrons Not to Microwave Their Books

Burning books may kill coronavirus germs, but at what cost?

The Boston Public Library Needs Help Transcribing Anti-Slavery Letters

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison devoted his life to opposing slavery.

Students In Virginia Are Getting Their School Library Books Delivered By Drone

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Take a Virtual Tour of Belgium’s Sourdough Library

Sourdough bread in a bakery in San Francisco, the city that gave the library its very first sourdough starter back in 1989.

10 Classy Coloring Pages You Can Print at Home

Museums and libraries are offering dozens of printable coloring pages for free.