Robot librarian designed by Aberystwyth University students
Posted in News“A walking, talking library robot could soon be lightening – or removing – the human librarian’s load after a prototype was created by robotics students. “Hugh”, an artificially...
View ArticleSan Francisco Public Library hosts drag queen story hour for children
Posted in News“What do drag queens and children have in common?They both find joy in wrapping themselves in feather boas and all things shiny and glittery.A San Francisco nonprofit recognizes this...
View ArticleSt. Louis Public Library completes $20 million capital campaign
Posted in News“The $70 million used to renovate Central Library included $20 million to be raised from a capital campaign. That campaign has exceeded its goal, the library announced in a news...
View ArticleGale Content Now Discoverable through Google
Posted in News“Gale, a leading provider of library resources and part of Cengage Learning, has reached a major milestone in its quest to improve discoverability and researcher workflow, completing...
View ArticleWikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new...
Posted in News“In November 2015, the Wikimedia Foundation legal team received an email seeking control of an article on English Wikipedia about a dance group. The writers said that they were former...
View ArticleNew Hampshire lawmakers push ban on topless women, warning of nudity at...
Posted in News“Lawmakers backing a bill to criminalize women exposing their breasts in public said Monday they’re trying to shield families and children, especially those drawn to New Hampshire’s...
View ArticleVIRGINIA MAY WARN PARENTS OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCHOOL BOOKS
Posted in News“Virginia’s Republican-led Senate will soon consider a bill requiring schools to notify parents if their children will be assigned to read a book that includes sexually explicit material...
View ArticleEx-schools Chancellor Walcott to become Queens Library CEO
Posted in News“It looks like the Queens Library is about to be run by the book.Respected former city Schools Chancellor and Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott is poised to take over as CEO of the Queens...
View ArticleCommunity group claims $52M Brooklyn Heights library sale is unnecessary
Posted in News“Anger over the $52 million sale of Brooklyn Heights library land to the Hudson Cos. has yet to subside with a group and residents alleging in a complaint that the sale was not...
View ArticleYou Can Buy Famous People’s Dog-Eared Books—For a Good Cause
Posted in News“FEW THINGS CAN make fandom seem like pathology as fast as collecting celebrity memorabilia. Having one of Paul Newman’s race cars? Awesome. Having a Newman-O you stole straight from his...
View ArticleThe Final Chapter Of A Tale Of Books, Love And Mystery In Minneapolis
Posted in News“It was a love of mystery novels that brought Gary Shulze and Pat Frovarp together — a love of God Is a Bullet by Boston Teran, to be specific.”I was looking at books,” Frovarp, who is...
View ArticlePerseus Books Group and Hachette Book Group Announce Major Transaction:...
Posted in News“The Perseus Books Group and Hachette Book Group announced today that they have entered into a binding commitment to sell Perseus’s publishing business to Hachette. The transaction is...
View ArticleRestoring a Home for Scholars at the New York Public Library
Posted in News“Fifty feet in the air at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, and in an industrial-grade painting studio near Hudson Yards, artists, artisans and engineers are bringing a long...
View ArticleGroup files federal complaint over sale of Brooklyn Heights Library
Posted in News“An advocacy group filed a complaint with the United States Attorney’s Office on Tuesday over the planned $52 million sale of the Brooklyn Heights Library to developer Hudson...
View ArticleDigital history: Archbishops’ Registers go online for first time
Posted in News“They are one of the most important collections of historical materials to survive in England and from today registers produced by Archbishops of York over the centuries will be available...
View ArticleAdapt or die: The evolution of Louisville’s public libraries
Posted in News“For decades, libraries were simply repositories for books — a place where knowledge was stored by ink and paper, and if you wanted to learn about a subject you had to scour the stacks of...
View ArticleUCLA Library works with faculty to cut students’ cost for course materials
Posted in News“An initiative that started to take shape in 2011 when several UCLA undergrads asked campus librarians for help to reduce the cost of course readers has now evolved into a successful...
View ArticleThe DC Public Library’s New “Memory Lab” Lets You Digitize Old Photos and Videos
Posted in News“The new Memory Lab at DC’s flagship Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library doesn’t come equipped with a box of tissues, but you may want to bring one in case. “This is the only space...
View ArticleTeens make productive use of library’s creative spaces
Posted in News“Mikaela Zahm-Hamiter didn’t always look forward to her after-school hours.She’d wait at her mother’s workplace until the two could go home, or she’d read quietly at the Monroe County...
View ArticleALA-backed bill to make CRS reports publicly available introduced
Posted in News“Today, after months of behind-the-scenes stage-setting, the bipartisan “Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016” was introduced in the House and Senate. The...
View ArticleWilliam Shakespeare’s paper trail
Posted in News“Days after arriving in London in 1603, King James I issues a warrant naming Shakespeare’s acting troupe The King’s Men. A law student summarizes his favorite plot device from “Twelfth...
View ArticleSerial Reader for iPhone Dishes Out Short Snippets of Classic Fiction Daily
Posted in News“iOS: Finding time to read is hard, but if you fancy yourself a fan of classic literature, from the likes of Jane Austen, Jules Verne, or Charles Dickens, then Serial Reader’s a clever...
View ArticleTim Tierney’s call for ‘fair’ e-book prices for libraries adopted by FCM
Posted in News“Canadian municipalities are asking the federal government to find ways to bring down e-book prices for their public libraries, a move led by an Ottawa councillor. The chair of the Ottawa...
View ArticleDennis Walcott gets hands-on as Queens Library CEO
Posted in News“Some Queens Library staffers got a first look at their new boss last Friday and were probably stunned — and heartened — by what they saw.Clad in a sweatshirt, jeans and boots, Dennis...
View ArticleSan Jose weighs amnesty for massive $6.8 million in unpaid library fines
Posted in News“There was a time when Juan Diaz wouldn’t step foot inside a local library. The 24-year-old carpenter owed hundreds of dollars in late fees and additional fines for 35 books he lost over...
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