More than 1,100 pieces of Bruce Springsteen memorabilia have been returned to the Asbury Park Public Library in New Jersey after library officials filed a police complaint against the men who had taken out the items. picked by suebe 12 months ago

A fight over books depicting sex and homosexuality has riled up a small Wisconsin city, cost some library board members their positions and prompted a call for a public book burning. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com is a collection of the worst library holdings. The items featured here are so old, obsolete, awful or just plain stupid that we are horrified that people might be actually checking these items out and depending on the information. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

So she checks them out and is "horrified" and will not return them. I say us Plimers create a collective fund to buy the library another TEN copies! THINK of the publicity!! picked by moe 2 years ago

Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker's library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

STORED in a sky-lit reading room in Naples are the charred remains of the only library to survive from antiquity. The ancient world's other great book collections -- at Athens, Alexandria and Rome -- all perished in the chaos of the centuries. But the library of the Villa of the Papyri was conserved, paradoxically, by an act of destruction. picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

Many people believe curses are real. If you curse someone, please be specific and include as much information as possible. After you have submitted your curse, others will cast their vote on whether the curse should be granted. The power of a large group of people can be as powerful in fulfilling a curse as in granting a prayer. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

“When I look at books, I see an outdated technology, like scrolls before books,’’said James Tracy, headmaster of Cushing and chief promoter of the bookless campus. picked by suebe 3 months ago

A new library allows readers to borrow people for a 30-minute chat. Here's the experience of one man who offered himself as a human book picked by davethefish 2 years ago

An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary." picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Perma Karpo Library represents a good example of how a green design should be. It features: ventilated Trombe Walls, solar panels (for electrical power), wool insulation (for isolation and acoustics), a Mud roof and timber paneling. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Large libraries, be they university or city, aren’t just good for research and circulation. They also often have amazing special collections centered around singular, often esoteric, topics. Many library patrons may not realize it, but often these special collections are surprisingly accessible.

*Nurse Romance Novels? Really? picked by bingo 9 months ago

A London library had 26 people available to be borrowed for a 30 minute conversation. They each represented certain stereotypes. The project hoped to bring people together and perhaps dismiss some of the irrational dislike for people just because they are Muslim, a witch, transgendered, or anything else. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

And the California library honors him in a special way. picked by suebe 10 months ago

A sculpture that meshes religion and pop culture is at the root of a controversy at the Marcellus Free Library.

Trumansburg artist Geri Keil created the piece -- "Bebe Coca" -- as part of a library exhibit on Mexican culture, but a group from a Syracuse church signed a petition demanding the library remove it. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos are being made available on our new Flickr page. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

This isn't the typical whispering you might expect to hear at a library. Vienna's City Hall has launched a ``sex hotline'' to raise money for the capital's main public library. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

I work at a library. I wish I could find this surprising. Maybe he was just "googling" himself. picked by arsphidius 2 years ago

A convicted child rapist who was released by a judge even though prosecutors said he was likely to strike again has been charged with raping a 6-year-old boy at a library.

The braindead tag is for the judge who released the barsteward. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Patrons of the Schaumburg Township District Library have never been allowed to bring in the noise. Now they can't bring in the funk. The library recently added "offensive bodily odors" picked by kakana 8 months ago