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borrowing Library's elimination of overdue fines increases book returns David Pescovitz
library The catchiest song ever written about library COVID-19 policies Andrea James
toner Austin Library employee accused of stealing more than $1 million worth of printer toner David Pescovitz
treasures Library discovers stash of beer and gum hidden behind books for 30 years David Pescovitz
microwaves Please don't microwave your library books David Pescovitz
disinfect Do libraries fumigate books to disinfect them? David Pescovitz
readers The rise in home videoconferencing lets us browse more people's bookshelves David Pescovitz
pandemic funtime Virtual library tourism: visit 7 of the world's most beautiful libraries Gareth Branwyn
adult movies Porn video shot in public library upsets citizens David Pescovitz
ben baker Bill from Missouri's Rep Ben Baker threatens librarians with prison sentences for allowing minors to read books banned by town committees Cory Doctorow
caliban books Newton's Principia Mathematica, George Washington's journal: archivist stole $8m worth of rare books from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library Cory Doctorow
overdrive One of the world's largest private equity firms just bought one of the world's largest library ebook companies Cory Doctorow
lapl Radicalized is one of the LA Public Library's books of the year! Cory Doctorow
library socialism Library Socialism: a utopian vision of a sustaniable, luxuriant future of circulating abundance Cory Doctorow
Global Tel Link In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow
citation needed The Internet Archive's massive repository of scanned books will help Wikipedia fight the disinformation wars Cory Doctorow