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Denver Public Library is closing a chapter on overdue book fines
Elizabeth Hernandez of the Denver Post reports that Denver Public Library is allowing library patrons to start fresh with their overdue fines. A news release from the library estimates $474,000 of… Read more »
A school in Buffalo, NY has a new book vending machine for kids
You’ve heard of Scholastic book fairs–now get ready for Scholastic book vending machines. The grand unveiling of the book vending machine came to the school library of Arthur O. Eve… Read more »
Hester Prynne, eat your heart out: naughty books previously on lock-down now on display
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Oxford University is in lust with The Scarlet Letter. As Matthew Taub delightfully tells us in Atlas Obscura, the University of Oxford’s… Read more »
A bus of books to be used to close literacy gap in Statesboro, Georgia
As part of an initiative to close the literacy gap in Bulloch County, Georgia, the Bulloch County School Board surveyed over 400 parents in the area about reading. According to… Read more »
You can now check out cooking supplies at libraries
Deanna Fox of the Times Union reports that Guilderland Public Library in Guilderland, New York will offer a cake pan and cookie cutter loan program. The program pairs nicely with… Read more »
Government’s “unbothered” response to libraries petition
After a whopping 30,000 signatures, the United Kingdom finally responded to this petition to protect public library funds: “Nah, that’s not our job.” To recap: The petition demanded that the government… Read more »
People, return your damn books to the library, maybe within 25 years? No? Is that too much to ask?
Step 1: Discover that one of your parents lazily never returned a book at the local library. Step 2: Casually toss the book in the library’s book drop. Step 3: Achieve… Read more »
Study discovers reading can ease mental health and loneliness, asks for £200 million in literacy aid
Literacy charity Reading Agency and UK think tank Demos teamed up to raise awareness for the transformative power of reading. The 50-page study calls for a £200 million government investment to promote reading. Journalist Arifa Akbar… Read more »
British Library to open exhibition all about literature’s favorite cats
Calling all crazy cat lovers! Are online cat videos and memes not fulfilling your feline fanaticism? Ailis Brennan of Go London reports that this November, the British Library is offering a… Read more »
Good people send books and money to Iowa library to replace burned LGBTQ books
Last week we shared the most recent news about Iowa’s Orange City Library (there have been a few stories over the past year): local resident Paul Dorr revealed himself as… Read more »