Library News: Page: 2

This is page 2 of the Library News posts on Writers Write.


  • Custom Built Assouline Library Offered as Gift in Neiman Marcus Christmas Book (2011-10-18): Neiman Marcus has the gift for you if you know someone in need of a fabulous library and you can afford it.

  • Kindle Ebooks Coming to 11,000 U.S. Libraries (2011-09-22): Amazon announced today that Kindle books are coming to more than 11,000 U.

  • East Coast Libraries Face Severe Flood Damage After Hurricane Irene (2011-09-02): School Library Journal has an excellent news roundup about all the damage libraries on the East Coast sustained as a result of flooding from Hurricane Irene.

  • Want a Library Card in the U.K.? You'll Need to Provide Your Medical and Sexual History First (2011-08-28): If you'd like to get a library card in the United Kingdom, you may be in for a bit of a surprise when you read the application form.

  • Man Proposes Marriage Using a Library Book (2011-08-05): This has to be some kind of proposal first.

  • Library Book Returned 122 Years Late (2011-06-26): A book was returned 122 years late to the Camden Council's public library in Sydney, Australia.

  • 2010 Library Lions Honorees Announced (2010-08-16): The New York Public Library's 2010 Library Lions gala will honor five individuals for their contributions to the world of ideas on Monday, November 1, 2010.

  • Library of Congress to Archive All Tweets (2010-04-15): The Library of Congress (LOC) will be archiving all of your tweets.

  • School Library Goes Completely Digital (2009-11-10): NPR reports that a school in Ashburnham has renovated its library to be completely digital.

  • Urban Libraries Council Objects to Google Book Settlement Terms (2009-08-28): As the deadline for objecting to the Google Book Settlement approaches -- it's September 4 -- it seems like a new party enters the case every week.

  • Authors Demand Great Britain Make School Libraries Mandatory (2009-07-01): High profile authors are banding together with teachers, publishers and librarians to ask the British government to fund a statutory scheme of school libraries.

  • Ray Bradbury Campaigning to Save Library (2009-06-22): Ray Bradbury is launching a campaign to help U.

  • Libraries See Record Traffic During Recession (2009-03-16): As the recession drags on, libraries are seeing record numbers of visitors.

  • JFK's Long Overdue Library Book Found (2009-02-06): Researchers just discovered that a book about Abraham Lincoln that was found among President Kennedy's papers is actually an overdue library book from the Library of Congress.

  • Hero Pilot Catches a Break on Late Library Book Fees (2009-02-03): US Airways pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger safely landed a plane in the Hudson River last month.

  • School Librarian Fined For Promoting Daughter's Book (2008-10-29): Robert Grandt, a librarian at Brooklyn Technical High School, was fined $500 by the school board for promoting his daughters book, Shakespeare's Macbeth, at the school library and giving out free copies of it to those who seemed interested.

  • The Great Library Fine Debate (2008-08-15): A fierce debate has arisen in Britain over the subject of library fines.

  • Wikipedia Versus Libraries (2007-08-01): Richard Farmbrough, a 45-year-old technology project manager living in England, is said to be the person with the most Wikipedia entries.

  • Librarians Just Say No to Patriot Act (2007-06-27): Wired reports on librarians who refused to comply with the Patriot Act.

  • Dewey the Library Cat Gets His Own Memoir (2007-04-09): Librarian Vicki Myron has been awarded a $1.

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