Brooklyn Library names Mary Mattingly as 2020’s Artist in Residence
Every year the Brooklyn Public Library hosts an Artist in Residence to connect local artists to the library and its patrons. According to the library website, the program offers library… Read more »
Abe announces most expensive book sales of 2019; Abe wins
Rare book dealership AbeBooks.co.uk have announced their most expensive sales of 2019. Fantasize about owning some pricey antique tomes here! The list, which includes works by Dashiel Hammett, Mark Twain,… Read more »
On the cosmic and bureaucratic implications of library book borrowing limits
Looking back on our year in library reporting, it’s been a wild one. We’ve covered a Chinese library burning books, libraries closing all over the UK, the best little library… Read more »
773 UK libraries have closed in last decade
In just ten years nearly a fifth of the UK’s libraries have closed, reports Alison Flood for the Guardian. Correspondingly, “the number of paid librarians has also plummeted” (from 24,000 to… Read more »
LGBTQ friendly book removed from library for fear of turning children gay
West Virginia’s Upshur County public library has pulled a book from its shelves this week, after a local church minister publicly raised concerns over its content. Prince & Knight written… Read more »
Phillip Roth left a substantial part of his estate to the Newark Public Library
In heartwarming bit of library news, famed, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Phillip Roth has left $2 million of his $10 million estate to the Newark Public Library, the Wall Street Journal reports.… Read more »
Chicago Public Library sees a 240% increase in returned books since abolishing late fees
Three weeks ago, the Chicago Public Library system did away with late fees. Since then, hundreds of overdue books have been returned, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times.… Read more »
Bisbee, Arizona, has the best small library in the United States
Bisbee, Arizona is an old copper mining town of about 5,000 people just north of the U.S. / Mexico boarder—and it looks the part. Perhaps best known for the violence… Read more »
Thief jailed for stealing over £80,000 worth of library books
Imagine being a PhD student at Napier University in Scotland, casually frequenting your campus library to borrow a textbook for your studies. But the shelf is empty—not one of the… Read more »
Harry Potter books are removed from a Tennessee school for being Satanic
Don’t you just hate it when you’re innocently performing an Accio summoning spell or trying to cast a Patronus and an evil spirit turns up instead, ready to drag you… Read more »