BrainCan - libraries

crime fiction steals top slots in uk library loans

New figures show that nine out of the 10 most borrowed books final year were thrillers,with Lee...

death to noisy typists! and other rules for...

Inspired by the University of St Andrews’ introduction of ‘parking tickets’ to...

how we lost the index to the universe | natalie...

Libraries are closing in their hundreds. For students,job-hunters, and those who just need something...

pelle svanslos crosswalk in fjardingen, sweden

The road signs in front of Carolina Rediviva Library in Uppsala bear something unusual: cats. On...

libraries today are as fast and more generous than...

The 21st-century argument against this great public service was inconvenience. Yet the New York...

pelle svanslos crosswalk in uppsala, sweden

The road signs in front of Carolina Rediviva Library in Uppsala have something strange: cats. On...

calais migrant camp gets makeshift library - and...

A British teacher has set up a library in France’s growing refugee camp,and is asking for...

library lending figures: which books were most...

Welsh readers like Top Gear,while those in Northern Ireland prefer Mary Berry to Jamie Oliver –...

calais refugee library flooded with thousands of...

Creator of Jungle Books urges people to donate money,not books, so refugees can cook – and read...

northamptonshire announces heavily reduced...

County council implements timetable with instant effect,leaving 21 libraries open just one day a...

argentinas national library lay offs cause...

240 library employees,around a quarter of the workforce, contain lost their jobs at the Biblioteca...

bring late books back with food gifts and be...

Tardy borrowers in Merthyr Tydfil can face the librarians again without shame or expense this...

alan pritchard obituary

My father,Alan Pritchard, who has died aged 74, or was a librarian who took a specific interest in...

new york public library launches imprint to...

From colouring and picture books for children to work by adult authors including Maira Kalman,new...

is this the final chapter for swindons libraries...

Community fears story won’t terminate happily with proposals in dwelling to withdraw funding from...

margaret strain obituary

My mother,Margaret Strain, who has died aged 84, or was a librarian who inspired young and worn with...

public library fallacy is in my bad books | brief...

Libraries | Hillsborough | Cocaine | TrainsWhile I sympathise with Dave Morris (Letters,15 April)...

saving libraries from cuts is crucial, say uk...

Online survey reveals public opinion is strongly in favour of protecting the library service,as...

myra jeffrey obituary

The final months of my friend Myra Jeffrey’s life were spent,like her earlier decades, surrounded...

a new low: librarians warn councils against...

After Swindon announces plans to hand over running of 14 of its 15 library services to volunteers or...

val mcdermid and ian rankin join attack on...

Scotland’s Fife council to shut almost a third of its libraries,with further cuts being made...

figures show children worst hit by library cuts

Official figures show more than 100 libraries closed final year,with campaigners warning that the...

london library books taken in 1950s found in...

Historical volumes more than 50 years overdue discovered by antiquarian bookseller while clearing a...

thousands of uk authors to get extra library...

Calculations mistake means authors were not paid £264000 owed in Public Lending fair scheme that...

karin slaughter: libraries saved me, now they need...

Books provide access to a better way of life,and for many, libraries are the only way they can get...

spectacular ancient public library discovered in...

Remains of grand building that may have housed up to 20000 scrolls uncovered in central...

the feminist library faces eviction after rent...

London collection established for 30 years could be forced to leave its premises by the conclude of...

library use falling sharply, study shows

The number of British adults visiting the library has fallen 30% in the last decade,according to...

national librarys trove: a great digital democracy...

Australian writers,historians and amateurs for whom the digital aggregator is an invaluable resource...

jk rowling checks out orkneys award winning...

It’s a little way from the centre of the books world,but the wit (and tweets) of this enterprising...

ed vaizey accused of giving commons misleading...

Librarians association writes open letter expressing ‘strong objections’ to statistics cited by...

guardian readers comfort library

Jane Austen rubs shoulders with Ernest Hemingway,Samuel Beckett sits next to Harry Potter in the...

speak up before theres nothing left: authors rally...

A week of events tied to the nationwide celebration on 6 February is drawing support from writers...

i doubt even the house of lords could save my...

Cuts and the loss of trained staff mean that the notion of libraries as being special has been...

libraries facing greatest crisis in their history

Nearly 350 libraries gain closed in UK over past six years,causing loss of almost 8000 jobs,...

librarians take legal battle against library...

Department for Culture,Media and Sport challenged over its failure to carry out legal duty of...

libraries suffer fall in users as tories slash...

Figures reveal that number of libraries fell by 2.6% and that Manchester Central library is...

government steps in to delay library closures in...

Council had planned to shut all but one branches before culture department’s...

william shakespeares handwritten plea for refugees...

Sir Thomas More script is only surviving copy of a play in the bard’s hand and is one of 300 texts...

susan jones obituary

Our mother,Susan Jones, who has died of cancer aged 71, or developed a fancy of books at a young...

authors support occupation of south london library...

Neil Gaiman,Nick Hornby and Colm Tóibín back action at Carnegie Library which has been occupied...

to lose our libraries would be a national disaster...

Yes,cuts are strangling the service. But libraries also need a plan for radical reform and...

lambeth library plans condemned as absolute...

London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close,dawdle or be run by...

vera buchanan obituary

My mother,Vera Buchanan, who has died aged 93, or was a school librarian,nature lover and...

moscow library of ukrainian literature raided by...

Observers say facility was targeted,and its director charged with inciting ethnic hatred, as a...

library campaigners descend on parliament to...

Authors including Cathy Cassidy and Philip Ardagh fill joined librarians lobbying MPs to protect the...

bradford council washes its hands of 14 libraries...

Local authority seeking groups willing to run the libraries on a volunteer basis,with the future of...

uk library closures and the fights to save them

Campaigners across the country gain been fighting to keep libraries threatened by cuts open to the...

watch 52,000 books reshelved in two minutes at new...

A hypnotic timelapse video shows staff stocking the library’s grand Rose main reading room before...

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