A Library Grows in Norway
On the outskirts of Oslo, just beyond the point where the city dissolves into forest, one thousand spruce saplings reach feathery green fingers toward the sky. Just over ten years…
This Savvy Librarian Was the True Force Behind New York’s Iconic Morgan Library
It fell to Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman whose racial identity was kept secret for decades, to catalog J.P. Morgan’s immense collection of books and art Toward the…
Libraries are Punk
Layne McCaleb
Big publishers think libraries are the enemy
The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.
New College of Florida tosses hundreds of library books, empties gender diversity library
Hundreds of New College of Florida library books, including many on LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies, are headed to a landfill. A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft…
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies
The Brownies’ Book, a serial published in 1920 and 1921.
BBC Arts & Ideas: Libraries
The Great Library of Alexandria had a mission to collect every book in the world. In attempting to do so it created the foundations for the systems and structures of…
Sell This Book!
Corporate publishing wants to turn all readers into renters. We’re trying to stop them. Maybe you’ve noticed how things keep disappearing—or stop working—when you “buy” them online from big platforms…
Saddle Up and Read
In 2017 Gooch teamed up with a local library to give children the opportunity to interact with horses. Through the partnership, children could enter into a drawing for a chance…
Vintage Posters for Libraries and Reading
After a look at those vintage ads for iconic books, how about some vintage ads and posters for all books? Delightfully colorful and brimming with endearingly bad copywriting, these mid-century…