In the name of personal branding, influencers might be paying someone to make them look like readers. But does a novel deserve more respect than a handbag?
Tag: Libraries and Librarians
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Stolen Darwin Notebooks, Missing for Decades, Are Returned
The two notebooks were anonymously returned to the Cambridge University Library 22 years after they went missing. A note addressed to the librarian read: “Happy Easter.”
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As Book Banning Efforts Surge, These 10 Received the Most Challenges
Most of the targeted books are about Black and L.G.B.T.Q. people, according to the American Library Association. The country’s polarized politics has fueled the rise.
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Thomas F. Staley, Dogged Pursuer of Literary Archives, Dies at 86
As head of the Harry Ransom Center in Texas, he enhanced its holdings by acquiring the papers of a host of literary lions, and of Woodward and Bernstein to boot.
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New York Public Library Ends Late Fees, and the Treasures Roll In
The decision by the New York Public Library set off a wave of returns, accompanied by bashful notes of apology and gratitude.