Libraries
Preserve and Protect: How Paleontologists Care for Their Long-Dead, High-Maintenance Stars
Fossil collections are where the science of paleontology truly lives. Valuable dino bones must be treated accordingly
Legal Dispute Over Maurice Sendak’s Epic Book Collection Gets Wild
A legal rumpus has concluded—but have concerns about the author's legacy only just begun?
Library Launches Campaign to Preserve Shrines to Slain Dallas Police Officers
A fundraising effort looks to make remnants of the city's tragic shootings available for future generations
How Experts Are Digitizing Ancient Manuscripts
Digital preservation is more work than it might seem
This Speedy, Wall-Crawling Conveyor System Will Now Deliver Books at the New York Public Library
Like a robotic, book-carrying train
Channel Childhoods Gone By With This Digital Archive of Victorian Children’s Books
From nursery rhymes to religious lectures, this digital archive shows how kids read in a bygone age
This Camera Uses Radiation to Read Closed Books
No need to open a book to read past its cover
Four Finds from University of Kansas' Collection of Radical Zines
The university's Solidarity! Radical Library boasts a collection of almost 1,000 alternative papers
The New York Public Library’s Radical Zine Collection Is Now on Display
Check out pamphlets from people like Noam Chomsky and Mumia Abu-Jamal
Pew Research Shows Public Libraries Remain Vital to Communities
The latest poll shows that the majority of Americans think libraries have the resources they need
Celebrate 50 Years of International Literacy Day With the British Library
Butterflies, rabbits and Shakespeare: there's something for everybody
Alabama Library Plans to Enforce Strict Overdue Book Ordinance
You could face a fine or even spend a night in jail for keeping books too long
Scholars Uncover Secret Message from Mussolini
The dictator's self-image lives on deep beneath an obelisk he built to commemorate his own greatness
Harvard Just Launched a Fascinating Resource All About Bauhaus
The newly digitized collection is as ambitious as the art school it documents
How the Library of Congress Is Digitizing Its Braille Music Collection
It’s not as simple as putting it through a scanner
Finland’s Hot New Karaoke Bar Is a Public Library
Don’t stop believin’ in the power of music
Librarians Have an Olympics, Too
Brains met brawn in a bookish competition for the ages
Original Pooh Bear Gets Makeover, Returns to New York Public Library
Winnie and his friends are clean, fluffy and filled with stories
Visit the Original Lorax Tree in Dr. Seuss's San Diego
Check out these Seuss-related sites in Theodore Geisel's adopted hometown
The Future of Libraries
Besides lending books, the local institutions are training young journalists, renting garden plots and more
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