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If the library system in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, handed out fines for overdue books, the one for a recently returned tome titled “The Excellent Woman” would be a whopper. The Victorian ...

PITTSFIELD — Some 40,000 books destroyed by mold and insects — it’s a librarian’s worst nightmare. In August, Karen Carreras-Hubbard, coordinator of library services at Berkshire Community College, ...

A critical vulnerability in the popular expr-eval JavaScript library, with over 800,000 weekly downloads on NPM, can be exploited to execute code remotely through maliciously crafted input. The ...

Tennessee public libraries are launching an “immediate age-appropriateness review” of children’s and teens’ books following a state government directive, with some calling the plan ...

Pearland school board members knew they couldn't personally vet hundreds of books for “indecent” or “profane” content prohibited under a new state law. So when they met this fall to consider a ...

Customers waited in a line that stretched for more than a block on the opening day of the fall Friends of the Library book sale on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. “It’s quite overwhelming whenever you think ...

In Columbus, Ohio, a one-of-a-kind home has been dubbed a "book lover’s dream" as it hit the market with more than 7,000 books in floor-to-ceiling shelves. Located at 43-45 W. Markison Ave., the home ...

If you’re on the hunt for a rare, out-of-print title by a Black author, Solange Knowles has got your back. On Thursday, September 25, the 39-year-old singer and multidisciplinary artist announced she ...

A year after launching its interactive Book Ban Map in 2024, literacy nonprofit Little Free Library has released an updated version of the map highlighting those areas where challenges and bans are ...

A library book checked out 82 years ago was finally returned to a library in San Antonio, Texas in June by an Oregon resident — along with a note: "Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore." The ...