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Study Confirms Growing Up in a Home Filled With Books Is Good for You
New research confirms that people who grow up with books at home tend to have higher reading comprehension and better mathematical and digital communication skills.
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New York Public Library Is Now Lending Out Ties and Other Accessories for Job Interviews
Need a briefcase? Head to the library.
11 Amazing Hotels for Book Lovers
Escape reality—both literally and figuratively—by visiting one of these literary-inspired getaways.
Small Wonders: 11 Facts About Little Free Libraries
Today, Little Free Libraries has more than 50,000 sites around the world.
Your New York City Library Card Now Gets You Free Admission to 33 Museums and Cultural Sites
Participating locations include the MoMA, the Met, and the Guggenheim.
How Bats Protect Rare Books at This Portuguese Library
Bats have been living behind the bookshelves since the 19th century.
Your Library Has a Free Music Service That You Probably Didn't Know About
Freegal lets you download and keep music through your local library.
19 Secrets of Public Librarians
Librarians can help you with everything from finding your next great read to filling out your taxes. But they have a couple of patron pet peeves—and at least one involves bacon.
This San Diego Library Is Now Home to an Archive of Craft Brewing History
Just in time for National Library Week.
A Library Mystery: Why People Kept Underlining Page 7 in Borrowed Books
The books kept coming back with purposeful, curious markings.
Trash Collectors in Turkey Use Abandoned Books to Build a Free Library
Where some people saw trash, garbage collectors saw potential.
Los Angeles Libraries Letting Young Readers Work Off Late Fees By Reading More
Reading is fundamental—and cost-effective.
The Brooklyn Public Library is Now Home to a Tiny Mollusk Museum
The vending machine-sized installation features 15 itty-bitty "exhibitions" about bivalves, snails, octopuses, and more.
China's New Tianjin Binhai Library is Breathtaking—and Full of Fake Books
With its striking spiral architecture, the library was made for both bibliophiles and Instagram.
3 Fascinating Items in Abraham Lincoln's Newly Released Archives
The Library of Congress has been working for years to put the 20,000 Lincoln-related documents online in high-resolution.
Peek Inside a Trove of Witchcraft Artifacts at This Rare Exhibit
“The World Bewitch’d” will use documents, illustrations, manuscripts, and books from university archives to explore the historical origins of belief in witches.
Get Your GIFs Ready for This International Public Domain GIF-Making Competition
Hosted by digital libraries in Europe, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, GIF IT UP honors the best animated images that use public domain images.
The Library of Congress Wants Your Help Identifying World War I-Era Political Cartoons
The Library of Congress has a new digital innovation lab, and its first task is to make its archive of historical newspapers more search-friendly.
Man Claims He Decoded the Voynich Manuscript, But Experts Don't Buy It
The Voynich is known as the most mysterious manuscript in the world.
A Colorado Ranch Is Being Transformed Into a 'Land Library'
Guests can read about the landscape outside their window.
A Chicago Library Needs Help Transcribing 17th-Century Spellbooks
They include tips for dealing with nosebleeds and contacting the dead.
Millennials Are the Most Library-Loving Generation
A Pew Research Center survey found that Millennials were more likely to have used a library in the past year than members of any other generation.