Bring back shushing librarians
Library users plead for quiet places to read, write and study — but is anybody listening?
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Tyranny of the happy ending
Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?
Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 12:30 AM UTC 55Entertainment Thomas Hardy, george eliot
Click here or we’ll burn this book
Is threatening to torch books the only way we can get people to care about them anymore?
Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 11Entertainment Libraries and librarians
Arizona’s very Arizonan armed library guard debate
Do libraries really need to be guarded by private security officers with guns? One county says yes!
Monday, Aug 8, 2011 8:30 PM UTC 33Politics Guns, War Room, Gun Control
The greatest books that never were
Literature is full of imaginary books. Given the choice, which one would you read?
Tuesday, Jul 5, 2011 2:56 PM UTC 78Entertainment Readers and Reading
British Library, Google, in deal to digitize books
Internet users will soon be able to read 250,000 books from the British Library thanks to a new deal with Google
Monday, Jun 20, 2011 3:06 PM UTCEntertainment Libraries and librarians
Why libraries still matter
Critics say they're obsolete, but New York's main branch is a reminder of what the Internet can never do
Thursday, May 12, 2011 12:45 AM UTC 65Entertainment Libraries and librarians, Books
Should we allow porn in libraries?
We talk to librarians who disagree on whether smut viewing is a defensible First Amendment right
Friday, Apr 29, 2011 12:20 AM UTC 57Life Pornography
Camden, N.J., preparing to close all its libraries
One of the nation's poorest cities plans to shut down its three branches, blaming a lack of funding
Friday, Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM UTC 13News New Jersey
The fine art of recommending books
Pairing the right reader with the right book is too delicate a task to leave to e-commerce robots
Wednesday, Jul 21, 2010 11:01 AM UTC 10Entertainment Amazon.com
Libraries get a mall makeover
A Texas branch aims for shoppers -- and thrives. Should the rest of the country follow suit?
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010 3:25 PM UTC 35Life Libraries and librarians
The death of the library book
Cambridge has a gleaming new main building, but something's missing -- and closing local branches won't help
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“This Book Is Overdue!”: Hot for librarian
The author of a new book talks about the secret lives of America's favorite -- and endangered -- disciplinarians
Sunday, Feb 21, 2010 8:01 PM UTC 26Entertainment Nonfiction
What Google promises us
An infinite library, full of everything that is, and will be. Prepare to be overwhelmed.
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2004 10:45 PM UTCEntertainment Google
Sex and the open stacks
As an unsuspecting adolescent searching my local library, I was lured into the smoky den of literature by Ana
Wednesday, Aug 29, 2001 7:09 PM UTCLife Fiction, Sex
The Napster library
Does the San Francisco Public Library's plan to lend out e-books portend the death of the publishing industry?
Wednesday, Jul 5, 2000 7:13 PM UTCEntertainment Libraries and librarians
Married, with books
A couple discovers that love includes many trials -- including the unexpected task of merging, and purging, their libraries.
Friday, Sep 24, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Libraries and librarians, Books
Dr. Laura targets the new Sodom: Libraries
In her crusade for filtered Net access, the talk-radio moralist goes after sex educators, the American Library Association and porn.
Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Pornography, Sex Education
21st: Are we ready for the library of the future?
Librarians have promised to put the world of information at the public's fingertips. Now they're stuck fixing bugs and teaching people how to use a mouse.
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Tuesday, Jan 28, 1997 3:23 PM UTCNews Microsoft
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