(Note from the marketing director: Subsequent to last week’s fiasco, the managing editor has been restored to factory settings. We will continue to monitor his status closely.) The use of… Read more »

The myriad ways the novel coronavirus is upending daily life includes the shuttering of public libraries across the United States. Led by the Library of Congress, thousands of libraries have… Read more »

Contemporary artist Edmund de Waal, known mostly for his installations of row upon row of porcelain vessels, has a new installation on view at the British Museum. This time around,… Read more »

The ongoing war between Macmillan honcho John Sargent and librarians over e-book pricing continues to simmer, with the publisher’s latest plan hinting at a compromise, while librarians remain skeptical. To… Read more »

One of the biggest threats to education in the United States is the current presidential administration. There was much coverage on how ill-suited Betsy DeVos is as the United States… Read more »

Remember when that library in China got caught burning books deemed subversive by the government? Well, Missouri has decided to throw its hat into the dystopian ring with a bill… Read more »

What’s in the box? This question, made famous by the movie Seven, strangely applies to a trademark dispute. Little Free Libraries have been covered for the past several years, garnering praise… Read more »

A study conducted by The National Literacy Trust displays the disparities of children who own books and those who do not, to some unsurprising and surprising finds. The findings are… Read more »

Since its debut, the ebook has come with a fair amount of philosophical baggage. Is it even a book? Is it the death of the book? Introduce the concepts of… Read more »

In the early 16th century, Hernando Colon, the bastard son of Christopher Columbus, set about collecting the largest and most comprehensive library in the western world, funded by his father’s… Read more »