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One Day Only: A Chance to View One Map to Rule Them All
A rare Tolkien-annotated map goes on display June 23
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This Robot Librarian Locates Haphazardly Placed Books
It’s the next best thing since the Dewey Decimal System
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The Library of Congress Needs Your Help to Identify These Silent Movies
For the fifth year, the “Mostly Lost” film festival calls on its audience to help identify obscure details in movie-making history
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Build Your Own Library at the First-Ever Little Library Festival
The book-sharing stations have popped up all across the United States
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Read Almost 150 Years’ Worth of Mexican-American Journalism
History is in the headlines at the Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press Collection
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Copyright Challenge to Google Books
By turning down the case, the Supreme Court made a stand for fair use
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These Were 2015’s Most Challenged Books
This year’s list includes S&M, LGBT content…and the Bible.
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Celebrate Beverly Cleary’s 100th Birthday With a Trip to Her Sculpture Garden
Ramona’s creator is even more timeless thanks to Portland’s tribute in bronze
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The Library of Congress Will Ditch the Subject Heading “Illegal Aliens”
Student activists are to thank for the change
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This Transgender Archive’s Oldest Artifacts Tell a Story of Courage and Community
The Digital Transgender Archive was born out of two researchers’ frustration with finding materials by and about transgender people
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Competitive Book Collecting Is a Thing
Young bibliophiles duke it out in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest
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Metallic Ink Discovered in Ancient Scrolls Buried by Mount Vesuvius
New discovery may help researchers read ancient scrolls
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This Could Be the World’s Most Colorful Library
Harvard’s Forbes Pigment Collection preserves some of history’s most precious colors—and helps conserve the world’s greatest art
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Historians Finally Figured Out What Was on Shackleton’s Bookshelf
The brave explorer likely found solace in his library
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Five Things to Know About Harper Lee
The spunky and eloquent author is dead—but her legacy lives on
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These Glass Discs Can Store Data for Billions of Years
“Five-dimensional” data discs could be the future of information storage
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A German Composer Uncovered a Collaboration Between Mozart and Salieri
Their epic rivalry might not have been all that
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Read About Drama, Politics, Breakfast in These Newly Digitized Colonial Documents
An ambitious Harvard University project brings history to life, archiving nearly half a million documents online
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This Library System Is Willing to Forgive Your Fine…Just This Once
Library scofflaws take note: Amnesty programs are gaining steam throughout the U.S.
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