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 »
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 »
Todd Bol, founder of Little Free Library, has died
“Take a book, share a book,” is the slogan written across teeny wooden houses filled with books on the street sides across the United States and 80 other countries. We… Read more »
Rent the Runway, but for job interviews, courtesy of your public library
Ditch the career counselor. Grab a library card instead. According to Kristin Toussaint writing for New York Metro, one branch of the New York Public Library wants to help teens look… Read more »
The Labo and the library
Have you heard of Nintendo’s latest bold interactive experiment, Labo? Like most Nintendo innovations, it breaks down into amazingly simple ingredients that, when combined, become something else entirely. In Labo’s… Read more »
Read this if you want to see how an uplifting story about librarians donating money can become depressing af
A little over a year ago, we gave you the feel-good story of a penny-pinching university librarian who bequeathed the entirety of his fastidious savings—over $4 million—to his alma-mater-cum-employer, the University… Read more »
Meet Muhammad Ridwan Alimuddina, the seafaring librarian
It’s true: there is no such thing as an average librarian. There are, course, camel-riding librarians, and horse-riding librarians. Patriot Act-defying librarians, absurdly generous librarians, and goddamn hero librarians. Absolutely.… Read more »