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How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank
Some signs of spring are starting to break through in Colorado. The public library in the small town of Basalt is trying an experiment:...
Wisconsin Man’s Little Free Library Copied Worldwide
It started as a simple tribute to his mother, a teacher and bibliophile. Todd Bol put up a miniature version of a one-room schoolhouse...
The Man Who Turned His Home Into a Public Library
Hernando Guanlao is a sprightly man in his early 60s, with one abiding passion - books. They're his pride and joy, which is just...
Bicycle Transports Mini Library to Brazil’s Homeless
A bicycle that carries a small library through the city of São Paulo, Brazil encourages reading among people who live on the streets and...
Universal Donates Treasure of 200,000 Master Recordings to Library of Congress
Vintage sound recordings, including never released and out-of-print masters featuring Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby were donated to the American public by...
More People Getting DVDs From Library Than From Netflix
A new study claims that more DVDs are borrowed from libraries each day than are rented via Netflix, Redbox or Blockbuster.According to the survey...
Room to Read Builds Its 10,000th Library
Three weeks ago in Nepal, 1,000 villagers gathered to mark a momentous day in the history of Room To Read, a charity that builds...
Library of Congress Puts Thousands of Historic Books Online
Nearly 60,000 books prized by historians, writers and genealogists, many too old and fragile to be safely handled, have been digitally scanned as part...
University of Denver Students Launch Free Bike Lending Library
A student-led bike library opened Sept. 24 at the University of Denver offering high-tech bikes on loan for free, and a glimpse of the...
Humanity’s Earliest Written Works Go Online in World Digital Library (Video)
National libraries and the U.N. put some of humanity's earliest written works and illustrations on the Web this week at WDL.org. ...
Iraqi Universities Given Virtual Science Library by US
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Washington-based professional group has designed a virtual library for Iraqi Universities with help from the...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Good News in History, April 27
6 years ago today, the Panmunjom Declaration was signed by President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un, declaring the intention to end the Korean...
Good News in History, April 24
Happy 90th Birthday to Shirley MacLaine, the esteemed dancer, actress, writer, and spiritual seeker. A 6-time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine received a nomination for...
Good News in History, April 22
300 years ago today, Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant was born in Prussia. This revolutionary thinker saw rationality as inseparable from morality, and Kant's formulation...
Contest Gives Children Chance to Win the Field Trip of a Lifetime to Famous Landmarks–Celebrating America’s 250th
An organization wants to take 75 of the nation's school kids on the field trip of a lifetime; to a dozen of America's most...
Good News in History, April 13
Today is Vaisakhi, the second most important day of the year on the Punjabi calendar, on which Sikhs from around the world celebrate a...
Good News in History, April 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....
Good News in History, April 9
15 years ago, Parks and Recreation, a television mockumentary debuted on NBC, and leaped right into the hearts of millions of Americans. Without being...
A Book-Lovers Tour of Britain: From The Bard to the Brontës, Sherwood Forest to Sherlock Holmes–Top 35 Stops
A poll of 2,000 literary lovers in Britain has revealed the top 35 places to visit made famous by iconic authors and the scenes from...