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Photos capture strength after fires, COVID

Rural Victoria's resilience is captured in a State Library of Victoria photography exhibition, which will tour regional libraries.

AAP · Jun 27, 2022

North Lanarkshire Libraries launch new service to help locals with health and fitness

FITStop, which kicked-off last week, is a mobile library especially equipped with children’s and adult books around sports and fitness.

Daily Record · Jun 25, 2022

Wirral library thrown a lifeline' by new councillor

Bromborough Library was one of two libraries earmarked for closure

Liverpool Echo · Jun 22, 2022

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Raqqa Hosts First Book Fair in 10 Years

After a 10-year hiatus during which all publishing houses, libraries, and newspaper kiosks closed, and all cultural activities and events were suspended under the terrorist rule of ISIS, the first book fair in Raqqa, Syria, has been opened by the cultural authority of the Autonomous Administration of North and East…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 22, 2022

Monument of love

One of Bangkok's oldest libraries has just celebrated its birthday, which also marks the 101st anniversary of the completion of its iconic structure in the heart of the city. The Neilson Hays Library recently hosted "101 Years Strong" with a rich variety of programmes and activities, from a storytime special,…

Bangkok Post · Jun 19, 2022

Alappuzha municipality to start home delivery of books

Civic body to launch mobile app to order books online

The Hindu · Jun 18, 2022

Schools and libraries face huge cuts after soaring costs create £1.7bn shortfall

Exclusive: Emergency council cuts feared across England caused by inflation and higher energy costs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

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Book bullies attempt to hide our diversity

Libraries, bookstores deal with patrons trying to keep titles on Black and LGBTQ people out of sight.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2022

Wirral golf clubs and libraries given stay of execution from closure

Members of Wirral Council's tourism, communities, culture and leisure committee backed the plans

Liverpool Echo · Jun 16, 2022

National library conference in Goa today

A one-day National Conference on “Transformation of Higher Education Libraries in the Digital Environment” will be organised in Goa on Friday. The conference will deliberate on the latest advances in the field of Library Science.

The Hindu · Jun 16, 2022

Vested interests behind ‘black mask’ row: Kerala CM

No question of curtailing people's right to movement or wear clothes of choice

The Hindu · Jun 13, 2022

Suburban Chicago school board keeps ‘Gender Queer’ book that conservative parents, Proud Boys wanted banned

The dispute has roiled the Downers Grove high school district, particularly at a rowdy board meeting at which adults in one case called a student a “pedophile.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2022

Library council plans libraries in every local body ward

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The Hindu · Jun 10, 2022

Murdering the competition: Richard Osman thriller tops UK library loans

Stats from 2020-21 reveal that the Pointless presenter’s The Thursday Murder Club is the biggest hit in UK libraries

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

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Liverpool Echo · Jun 9, 2022

Seven Wirral libraries could be saved but two set to close

Libraries in two parts of the borough will close on October 30

Liverpool Echo · Jun 8, 2022

Wirral school transformed by 'life-changing' new library

It is part of a project run by Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train your Dragon

Wales Online · Jun 8, 2022

Ofcom to bring in new rules to protect 1,400 rural phone boxes

Many of the striking red phone boxes have been turned into things like libraries or defibrillators

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022

Cressida Cowell renews call for £100m investment in primary school libraries

The outgoing children’s laureate has transformed six primary schools through her Life-changing Libraries initiative, but says a ringfenced fund is needed for lasting impact

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The Hindu · Jun 6, 2022

School libraries to be modernised: Minister

Programme titles Ezhuthupacha launched to shortlist literary works by students

The Times of India · May 31, 2022

Orissa: After Covid lull, public libraries attempt to revive reading habit

BHUBANESWAR: Public libraries in the city, which had become dormant due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, are once again seeing the return of bibliophiles as the situation has normalised.

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2022

Violence on the rise in British LIBRARIES as shock figures lay bare UK's 'hubs of chaos'

Ex-policeman Neil Wood said he was assaulted more in the library where he worked than in the force as 'people flood to libraries after being barred from public spaces'.

Orlando Sentinel · May 27, 2022

Florida orders Orange County schools to reveal who bought ‘Gender Queer’ book for libraries

ORLANDO, Fla. — A state investigator who looks into teacher misconduct demanded to know who in Orange County Public Schools authorized the purchase of the book “Gender Queer,” a controversial memoir the district pulled from several high school libraries in late October, according to emails between the employee and the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 20, 2022

Missouri school board bans another library book for sexual content

ST. LOUIS — Months after causing a national uproar with its first book ban, the Wentzville School Board voted Thursday to yank another acclaimed book from school libraries.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 19, 2022

Missouri school board to vote on banning another book for sexual content

ST. LOUIS — Months after causing a national uproar with its first book ban, the Wentzville School Board is expected to vote Thursday on a recommendation to yank another acclaimed book from school libraries.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 18, 2022

‘Arabs between Light and Darkness’…. New Book by Hashem Saleh

Dar Al Mada, Iraq, has recently released a new book entitled ‘Arabs between Light and Darkness’ by Hashem Saleh. “The human experience widens with exploration trips and scientific expeditions. I was lucky I had the chance to live in France for years and acquire more knowledge. Otherwise, my thought would…

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