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October 25-31, 2021, is the 14th annual International Open Access Week, a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research. An...

CHICAGO — Problems associated with dirty data lead to massive headaches for organizations both large and small across the globe. And though data quality...

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The library is incredibly thrilled to be virtually hosting legendary actor, restaurateur, and intervention counselor, Danny Trejo. He'll be discussing his...

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

Dune: Part Two has officially been announced and will be coming exclusively to theaters on October 2023.

We are proud to invite you to join us virtually on October 26th, 2021 for the third annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film Ceremony. We...

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read ‘Better Off Dead’ by Lee Child & Andrew Child.

Tickets for Reading the City: Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Lisa Ko, Jacqueline Woodson, and Isaac Fitzgerald from ShowClix. National Book Award-honored New Yorkers...

October 18, 2021 In 2005, archivists at UNC-Chapel Hill developed “Slavery and the Making of the University.” The exhibition was one of the first systematic...

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The 2021 TOME Annual Meeting will take place virtually on October 28, 2021. TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) is an initiative to advance the wide...

This street level view is of the Broadway side of the Flatiron, or Fuller Building, near the narrow north corner. Filmed on a very windy day, pedestrians of...

The ALSC Blog is seeking additional writers and is accepting applications for three distinct types of bloggers. Learn more about blogging.

Join the Force and celebrate the love of reading at Star Wars Reads Day! Explore a galaxy far, far away with storytimes, crafts, giveaways and a short show...

Explore how an oral history can bring a different point of view to a major event in history.

From Creative Commons: Happy International Open Access Week! Open Acces Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research,...

Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" inspired Quidor to paint the climactic moment from this famous tale. Ichabod Crane is a prickly and...

From BookNet Canada: What has been the impact of COVID-19 on book borrowing? In the first half of 2021, 40% of Canadians said that COVID impacted their book...

Gerard Mercator (1512--94) was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders (Belgium). His given name was Gerard de Kremer or Cremer. "Mercator," meaning "merchant," is a...

From Boise State Public Radio News: Libraries at Idaho’s colleges and universities are joining forces to put their digital collections all in one place. The...

A group of YA authors have been forced to backtrack over plans for a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) story following an online backlash against the project.

These Intensives aim to challenge assumptions about what makes for good writing instruction and equip educators with tools to implement effective and...

Dating back 2,000 years to the Celtic festival of Samhain, Halloween is an ancient tradition associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires.

A tribute to the late Jerry Pinkney, with highlights from his many appearances at the National Book Festival.

Lavishly illustrated, with appealing design, browsable nonfiction has revolutionized children’s books by giving young fact lovers a fresh, engaging way to...

Image Page Project Title Museums and Archives Last Update Status Collections NASM-NASM.1990.0009-M0000241-00030 "Halloween Joys." Three jack-o-lantern...

Download PDF Updated 10-20-2021 Noodle has bones today! Here are some reads to inspire motivation and productivity. Let's go! Noodle the pug can be found...

Unprecedneted challenges including high shipping costs, skyrocketing paper fees, and labor issues wreak havoc on book publishing schedules.

This November, Boston Public Library will honor Native American Heritage Month with its first annual “Native Lives, Native Stories” booklist…

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a month in which we celebrate the culture, traditions, accomplishments, and history of Asian Americans and...

Shawmut has completed Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) newest location at 9 Adams Street in Dumbo, marking the 60th branch in the system and first new library...

World Read Aloud Day.

Better Off Dead by Lee Child & Andrew Child leads holds this week. Three Indie Next picks publish this week. People's book of the week is The Memoirs of...

CHICAGO — Published by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and ALA Editions, Sarah Culp Searles’s book “Explore” takes readers on a journey...

Since artists’ books are not normally associated with African art, our goal in this exhibition is to introduce the genre and survey its “African”...

PRH Launches New Grant Program With the Association for Rural and Small Libraries #InsidePenguinRandom.

Jack-o'-lanterns are grinning from the stoops, and a chill wind rustles through the leaves. An orange October moon slips from behind swift-moving clouds, and...

Abigail Smith Adams | Encountering Kiska Island.

Each year the ALSC Notable Children’s Books Committee identifies the best of the best in children’s books. Learn about the 2021 discussions.

Established by SPARC and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week is an opportunity to take action in making openness the...

School librarians and administrators talk advocacy and inclusion at the second day of the 2021 AASL National Conference in Salt Lake City.

The Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film is a $200,000 cash award presented annually to an independent filmmaker for an original,...

Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe.

From an Internet Archive Blog Post by Brewster Kahle, Founder, Internet Archive: Universal Access to All Knowledge has been the dream for millennia, from the...

City of Dayton, Dayton Metro Library say they are committed to diversity as employers.

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) national conference opens in Salt Lake City.

A group of North Hunterdon High School parents have demanded that certain books with LGBTQ themes be removed from the shelves of the school library.

A look at "Connecting Philadelphia: 2021 Household Internet Assessment Survey," a report about digital access in Philadelphia.

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