Libraries

Five Things to Know About Harper Lee

The spunky and eloquent author is dead—but her legacy lives on

February 19, 2016

New Research

These Glass Discs Can Store Data for Billions of Years

“Five-dimensional” data discs could be the future of information storage

February 18, 2016

Cool Finds

A German Composer Uncovered a Collaboration Between Mozart and Salieri

Their epic rivalry might not have been all that

February 16, 2016

Cool Finds

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

February 3, 2016

Cool Finds

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.

February 1, 2016

Trending Today

You Can Help Build the World’s First Go-Go Archive

Librarians are calling for the preservation of Washington, D.C.’s iconic musical genre

January 22, 2016

Cool Finds

Pennsylvania Libraries Will Let You Check Out a Ukulele

Read, strum, repeat

January 12, 2016

Libraries’ Surprising Special Collections

Tucked away in libraries across the country are unexpected archives and world-class treasures

March 1, 2009