Not just for working. Use it for thinking, for reconnecting, writing or creating. The library is a sanctuary where your mind slows down, even though the world o ...

Clogged toilets, trade unions and Google researchers: this is the saga of the Scarlett Letters Now, the bookshop is a husk, almost entirely empty apart f ...

T he 25th anniversary of the Miami Book Fair International is a milestone for Miami Dade College and the community. November 9 through 16, thousands of book lovers are expected to attend readings and ...

Another disappointing story, this time out of Tennessee. The Ooltewah/Collegedale branch of the Chattanooga–Hamilton County Bicentennial Library will close August 1 due to a $481,000 budget cut made ...

Many Chicken Little essays cropped up over the seizure of domains by Homeland Security, questioning the due process involved and decrying the potential for censorship that the new law affords.

A study of reading habits showed almost half of women are ‘page turners’ who finish a book soon after starting it compared to only 26 per cent of men. The survey 2,000 adults also found those who take ...

Marylaine wrote in with sad news on her loooooooong running “Neat New Things I Found This Week.” This week was her final week of Neat New Things I Found This Week…. “Something I did there that I think ...

Anonymous Patron writes “After being announced as being one of the three worst mayors in the United States by TIME magazine (April, 2005), Mayor Dick Murphy has resigned effective July 15, 2005 says ...

An interesting and simple overview of the security and copyright issues shaping the future of the Web: Today, the Internet is messy, dangerous ground. Viruses and system break-ins are on the rise, ...

Via the New Yorker’s BookBench…a new Web site lets would-be readers explain their decision to buy or not buy certain e-books: Lost Book Sales.

Seven-in-ten American adults (72%) have read a book within the past year, whether in whole or in part and in any format, according to a survey conducted in March and April. That figure has fallen from ...

SomeOne spotted This Canada.com Story that says Ottawa Public Library board members are being asked to rethink their Internet pornography decision, and this time, get it right. Ottawa city councillors ...