Libraries and Autism: customer service training video to help library staff s...

Libraries and Autism: customer service training video to help library staff serve individuals with autism and their families more effectively - Part 1 of 2 The Scotch Plains Public Library (NJ) and the Fanwood...

Banned Book Week ignites present day controversies

Banned Book Week is just ending, but it found itself in the centre of arguments concerning ex-gay literature, Sarah Palin, and teen sex. Banned Book week is an annual event that 'celebrates' our literary past...

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...

National Book Festival Attracts 120,000 Readers

The National Mall in Washington, D.C. played host to the National Book Festival yesterday. Aimed at children, the event was full of author readings and signings, as well as appearences by big fuzzy versions of...

Dewey the library cat is back on the shelves

" SPENCER, Iowa — Driving into this county seat of 11,000 people, the first thing a visitor sees is the white water tower that dominates the landscape. The town's name is up there. So are two huge paws. The...

Financial crisis helps American libraries flourish

Frequenting local libraries just might be what America needs to save the shrinking wallets of American consumers from going completely empty. Economic recession, high gas prices and rising unemployment make many...

New Mozart Composition Found in French Library

A 'melody sketch' found in a French library has been verified as a previously unknown work by famed classical composer W. A. Mozart. The piece is missing harmony and instrumentation, so it is difficult to know how...

Europe's clean tech TOP 100 companies, solar cell maker Oderson....

  CleanTech 100 list innovative firms developing green energy " The hi-tech firm that provided solar cells for the roofs of the buildings in Beijing's Olympic Park has been named as Europe's hottest clean...

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...

Judge orders woman to return library books

JoAn Karkos took out two copies of “It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health”, a sex education book for kids, late last year and refused to return them, saying, “I have been sufficiently horrified of the illustrations and sexually...

Survey: Many believe in divine intervention

"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. ...

Bush and Cheney are gone in six months. Secure the evidence - NOW!

"Bush and Cheney are gone in six months. Secure the evidence - NOW! Bush Administration | Dick Cheney | George W. Bush by Stephen Pizzo | August 12, 2008 - 10:47am article tools: email | print | read more Stephen Pizzo The Bush administration's days are numbered. That's both...

Podcaster alert: get free...and legal music

Pod-casters, webcasters and music lovers would now be able to indulge in their favourite hobby with the added benefit of legality. Is this so good to be true?   " Get Free Music And...

Sup, Emo and Homie: "WTF are kids talking about?"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh, Yes, the Gansta Lexicon of Languages spoken by our Kids regardless that they would not know a Gangster if it slapped them upside the head.   My own...

No Clinton / Obama Ticket, Clinton to Concede Saturday

No Clinton on Obama Ticket, Clinton to concede on Saturday. Updated:  We originally received info that Senator Clinton was going to concede on Friday.  Later in the evening other sources began saying...

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