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Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library by  Joshua Teplitsky The story of one ...

From The Atlantic : Yet much of the glitz may be just that—glitz. Survey data and experts suggest that students generally appreciate libr...

From  University of Cambridge :  129,864,880. That’s the number of books in the world, according to an estimate by Google Books, which...

From  The Inquirer : The University of Pennsylvania has voluntarily agreed to return two ancient parchment documents to an Italian archi...

From  Medievalists : When universities started to emerge in Europe during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, they soon also became the ...

From  New York Times : A fire engulfed the National Museum of Brazil on Sunday night, ravaging the stately, 200-year-old museum in Rio d...

From  The New York Times : In this niche world based on trust, where confidants are currency and handshake deals are commonplace, the ar...

From  Arab News : The library of Makkah Grand Mosque ... was named the Library of Makkah Grand Mosque in 1357 AH when King Abdul Aziz bi...

From  The Conversation : Some may remember the deadly book of Aristotle that plays a vital part in the plot of Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel ...

From  The Vintage News : The bookmobile’s design is such that once parked, readers could easily access its treasured literary items. Now...

From  Atlas Obscura : Libraries, writes Stuart Kells, a historian of the book trade, are “human places … full of stories.” Kells’s new...

The Pack Horse Library initiative, which sent librarians deep into Appalachia, was one of the New Deal’s most unique plans. The project, as...

William O'Brien (1832-1899) About four months ago The Guardian newspaper online ran an article about the  forthcoming sale of the...

Beyond Science  has listed ten of the most remarkable libraries in the world. I n today’s list, we take a step back thousands of years to...

How could I not re-post this story that was sent to my by my Facebook friend Jean Doorn . From: De Redactie dot be An exceptional libra...

The Boston Public Library is returning to Italy medieval manuscripts and a volume of works, ending in one case a mystery dating back seve...

The author of The Pencil has now written a book about bookshelves. Boring you say? I wondered about that, too, but from the first page...

Given the extreme effort that went into creating books, scribes and book owners had a real incentive to protect their work. They used the ...

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