Banned books celebration promotes freedom of expression

"By Cynthia Henry Inquirer Staff Writer Friday will feature some unusual story times at local libraries, when passages from...

Kilkenny on Palin - The e-mail heard round the world (Is it Real?)

I wanted to take a minute (before the article) to post that this comes from a website that debunks alot of the information out there from BOTH parties -and gets to the heart of who's telling the tuth, who is stretching it a little (grey area), and who is flat out wrong.Since...

Sarah Palin: fiscal management not her thing

Other than trying to fire the librarian for not banning books, Sarah Palin administered Wasilla, a town with no sewage treatment plant and zero debt, into a town with no sewage treatment plant and $22 million...

Finnish library gets book back after 100 years

"A Finnish library-goer moved to avoid 100 years of ten-pennies-a-week fines when he or she quietly returned a book that was on loan for more than a century. The item was a bound copy of a 1902 volume of Vartija, an active religious monthly periodical at the time. The library...

Ancient records help test climate change

AP Photo: One of 13 diaries by Brother Josef, inscribed from 1671 to 1704."EINSIEDELN, Switzerland - A librarian at this 10th century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive...

Are Librarians Totally Obsolete?

In an excellent article subtitled "33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important" we can find rather trivial reasons like "Not everything is available on the internet" to such deep gems like "Not everything is available on the internet". Well worth a read.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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