This month the Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books Collection launched an online platform that unifies artists' books from across several Smithsonian collections. It may seem like a simple tool, but ...

Once empty shelves at the Pauli Murray College library are now filled with approximately 10,000 books donated from the personal collection of Harold Bloom GRD’55, a late Sterling professor of English ...

Our collection of rare books includes works on art, history, literature, mathematics and science, as well as a collection of Bibles. These books are housed in the Thomas E. and Jennie W. Welmers Rare ...

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Sometimes we all just need a bit more time with a good book. One Minnesota resident, it seems, took that time – and then some. Now, over a century later, her child has returned it to the Saint Paul ...

If the e-book app on your phone or tablet is overflowing and full of outdated files, use these tools to tidy it up. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer has been reading e-books on gadgets since 2005 ...

The historian shows off the most precious volumes in his collection — including a library book that has been overdue for at least 50 years. NEW YORK — The totality of Robert Caro’s literary collection ...

Young adults are finding it harder to borrow books reflective of their lived experiences in their schools and public libraries. It isn’t because these stories don’t exist — they do — but because ...

When Sara Katherine moved back to her hometown of Valparaiso, Indiana, from New York, she noticed a lack of support for LGBTQ youth. So she started volunteering as a mentor at a local nonprofit, ...

The librarian says the books often were about race and LGBTQ topics. A former librarian has filed a lawsuit against Llano County, Texas, and local library officials after she says she was fired for ...

If you are a frequent reader, you likely have a lot of books, probably sitting in an attic or a basement somewhere, that you don't know what to do with. The truth is, buying books is an experience for ...

A decade ago, when the government of Singapore announced its decision to pulp every copy of our picture book, And Tango Makes Three, in the nation’s libraries, we felt profoundly lucky. Not for the ...