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Can 3D Printers Make Libraries Useful Again?

4:40PM November 10, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

As the printed word gives way to digital distribution, libraries must change in both form and function in order to remain relevant in the internet age. One New York book repository has taken the lead in this effort by installing the country’s first “maker’s space” within a public library. More »

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Go To This Library And You’ll Get A Human Being With Your Book

1:20AM August 21, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Books, at least as we first knew them, are dying. It hurts. But one library in Surrey, British Columbia wants to keep the old boy alive by making it more interactive. No e-readers. You’ll be checking people out! Umm? More »

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A Towering Temple Of Bookshelves For Books And Readers

8:20AM June 28, 2011 | Casey Chan

This library in Japan is made with bookshelves. Which doesn’t sound all that cool, right? A library in ordinary town, middle America has freaking bookshelves. But these bookshelves are 9m tall, line the walls and tower over the library. More »

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Google’s Helping The British Library Digitise 250,000 Books

8:50PM June 20, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

250,000 of the British Library’s out-of-copyright books from 1700 to 1870 will be digitised by Google, both sides confirmed today. This means the whole world will get access to important tomes, pamphlets and periodicals spanning some 40 million pages, via Google Books and the British Library’s website. More »

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The Library In Which I Would Like To Live

4:40AM June 10, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

It’s hard to imagine a better place to read and work than study hall at Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, the new central library of Humboldt University, in Berlin. More »

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University Of Chicago’s Robotic Library Makes Your Librarian Obsolete

1:00AM May 16, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Tomorrow, The University of Chicago will be changing how their students will be doing their research papers. The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library will use a massive automated retrieval system, turning the whole library experience on it’s head. More »

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New York Libraries: Come On In And Watch Some Porn!

1:30AM April 26, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If you don’t mind getting your face punched in, New York’s public libraries might just be your new favourite place to watch people have sex with each other on the internet. Sure, you’re surrounded by other patrons, but it’s free! More »

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NYC Libraries Still Cool With Internet Porn

9:40PM April 25, 2011 | Jeff Neumann

Did you know that New York’s public libraries have basically turned into jack shacks for old men and teens? It’s true. We know this because the city’s moral barometer, the New York Post, approached one “elderly porn watcher” who was streaming a threesome on a computer in a Brooklyn library. More »

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Library Porn Lover Punched Out By Vigilante

10:00AM April 21, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Man, sometimes all you want is to just settle in at the library, fire up some internet porn, and have yourself a time. That’s what Brooklynite Santiago Real had in mind before he was beat up by another patron. More »

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Soon You’ll Be Borrowing Kindle Ebooks From Your Local Library

11:46PM April 20, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Amazon’s announced – but not yet activated – a new service that will let you take out (read: download) ebooks from your local library and enjoy them on your Kindle or Kindle app. More »