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Woman In New Zealand Returns Library Book That Was 68 Years Overdue

Better late than never?

This Library Provides Social Services to Homeless Patrons

Here's how one public library is working to make a difference.

8 Librarians Who Lend Out More Than Books

These librarians are lending out everything from ties to telescopes.

The Art of Repairing and Digitizing a 400-year-old 3D Book

The pages of the Renaissance-era medical text feature intricate flaps that lift to reveal the inner workings of the human body.

7 Affordable Ways to Further Your Education After College

Your diploma is no excuse to stop learning.

A Rare Ottoman Atlas Was Rediscovered in Norway's National Library

With a little help from Reddit, the librarian who unearthed the work identified it as a copy of the rare Cedid Atlas.

Birthing the New York Public Library Lions

Patience and Fortitude did not get a warm reception in 1911: residents thought they were "monstrosities."

11 Highlights From the New York Public Library’s New Public Domain Collections

Go forth and download high-res images.

Pickering & Greatbatch via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Proof Victorian Novels Were Way More Sentimental

A new analysis of thousands of books finds that bestselling titles from the last few decades contain fewer strongly positive or negative words than older works such as ‘Pride and Prejudice’.

Help the New York Public Library With a Massive Archival Project

The 6,000-plus handwritten real estate records hold valuable information about the lives of immigrants who helped create New York.

Kansas City and Toronto Libraries Exchange Literary Insults on Twitter

Even the librarians are getting caught up in playoffs fever.

Become an Expert Witch-Finder at Cornell University

The library’s extensive Witchcraft Collection is open to the public and available online.

The Quest to Discover the World's Books Bound in Human Skin

The Mütter Museum recently discovered it owns the nation's largest collection of books bound in human leather—and now a research team is trying to track down the rest of the world’s examples.

You Can Check Out Taxidermy at This Alaskan Library

The Alaska Resources Library and Information Services doesn't just loan books—you can also borrow from its taxidermy collection.

Ragesoss via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Melvil Dewey's Dark Side

Why the founder of the Dewey Decimal system and the American Library Association was kicked out of his own organization.

11 Not-So-Miserable Facts About A Series of Unfortunate Events

How the elusive Lemony Snicket turned some rather, well, unfortunate events into a literary juggernaut.

Alaskans Can Now Check Bat Detectors Out of the Library

The state is allowing citizen scientists to monitor bat populations via their local library.

Courtesy Madeline Lipton via Culture in Transit

New York Libraries Are Digitizing Family Histories

A program called Culture in Transit is trying to preserve the history of New York City by scanning memorabilia.

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This Library Lets You Check Out People Instead of Books

The Human Library takes interactive storytelling to a whole new level.

Chrisloader, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Why Burger King Tried to Block the Trademark For a 9th Century Manuscript

Two little letters brought these seemingly unrelated entities together.

What Does the Librarian of Congress Do?

Presiding over the world's largest library isn't easy.

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11 Things You Can Borrow From Libraries Besides Books

There’s more to libraries than just plain old books. Many, if not most, also have movies, music, and audio and ebooks to lend out. But what about a parking pass for a Civil War fort? Or a circular saw? Well, depending on where you live, you can borrow tho

15 Gorgeous Little Free Libraries

Little free libraries have sprung up all over the world in the last five years.

Hilarious Questions Posed to the NYPL Pre-Internet

People Google a lot of strange things. But while the anonymity of the internet certainly helps them feel comfortable indulging certain inquiries, our curiosity as humans didn't start with the invention of the search engine.

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