PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A former librarian and a bookseller will serve house arrest and probation after pleading guilty to stealing and trafficking rare, valuable books from the Carnegie Library of ...

The Rare Book and Manuscript Library, or RBML, at the University of Illinois is one of the largest publicly accessible collections of rare books in the country. In the era of banned books, the RBML ...

A SNEAK PEEK INSIDE. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED ALL THE WAY BACK TO ANCIENT TIMES, AND SOME OF THOSE FAMOUS TEXTS HAVE SURVIVED OVER THE CENTURIES. LINDA HALL LIBRARY AT UMKC IS NOW ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 150 rare antique books were stolen from libraries across Europe, causing millions in damage, police said. Nine people ...

At some point in your life, you’ve probably read at least a few Charles Dickens novels — even if only under duress in middle school. Oliver Twist. A Tale of Two Cities. Ebenezer Scrooge and his ...

Step inside the Boston Public Library’s imposing central branch building and visitors are greeted with 17th-century Renaissance Revival architecture, a reading room with a 50-foot-high barrel vault ...

The library is more than just books. Every month, the Milwaukee Public Library joins Lake Effect to share resources, book recommendations and cool stuff you might not know about. This month is about ...

Explore a trove of rare treasures consisting of more than 200,000 literary items. The James Smith Noel Collection inhabits first edition hardcovers, original manuscripts, hand-illustrated maps, and ...

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