A small, closed-to-the-public library at a prison in Münster, in west-central Germany, has received the 30,000 euro national Library of the Year award.
The popularity of the library is reflected in the numbers who visit it. Of around 530 prisoners, about 80 percent use the library. But no one can say what kind of prisoner becomes [...]
A woman in Maine has decided to take unilateral action over a book in the public library.
JoAn Karkos of Lewiston was so horrified by the children’s book It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health by Robie Harris, illus. by Michael Emberley (Candlewick, 1993) that she checked out the copies from local [...]
Wikipedia reveals mass editing and input by the usual suspects - The CIA, the Vatican, the British Labour Party and the Church of Scientology.
Thanks to Ann Marie for this one.
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I’ve been exploring the site, Read Print, which offers a free online library of classic texts. There are thousands of volumes to choose from. Similar to [...]
The most borrowed authors of Adult Fiction, from British Libraries July 2005 - June 2006
01 James Patterson
02 Josephine Cox
03 Danielle Steel
04 Ian Rankin
05 John Grisham
06 Nora Roberts
07 Agatha Christie
08 Bernard Cornwell
09 [...]
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