14 Nov 2014
The Bible garnered 37% of the vote, while On the Origin of Species received 35%, followed by works by Stephen Hawkings, Albert Einstein and George Orwell.
Library News
1 Nov 2014
Rowling tells how Harry Potter’s least favourite teacher was based on a former teacher of her own, whom the author ‘disliked intensely on sight’
18 Sep 2014
The computer game has spawned a bestselling series of guidebooks – proving that children have an appetite for the tangible.
3 Sep 2014
The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction has revealed the 15 books on its longlist.
8 Aug 2014
For years, librarians at a small central Illinois library gossiped that a tattered book lying on one of its shelves justifying racism may have been in the hands of none other than Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator.
28 Jul 2014
To mark Benedict Cumberbatch's birthday, more than 100 people have attempted to set a world record for the number of people dressed as Sherlock Holmes in one room.
17 Jul 2014
A hand-written draft of one of Robert Burns’ most famous songs – which he jotted down on the “office stationery” – has been saved for the nation after being bought at auction.
25 Jun 2014
University of South Florida will have drones for school-related projects.
17 Jun 2014
Berkley Public Library Director Matt Church has heard all about the “summer slump” and the things students forget when they take the summer off from reading and learning.
13 Jun 2014
If you went down to Gainsborough library last month, you would certainly have been in for a surprise as the venue held its very own teddy bears picnic.
12 Jun 2014
One Decatur science and math teacher doesn’t want students to quit reading and learning over the summer months and she has come up with a plan to make that possible by setting up and operating a mobile library in Decatur.
29 May 2014
At a Fort St. John shelter one sickly cat has even shown significant improvement since the reading sessions began.
23 May 2014
When summer comes needy children often lose access to the free or reduced price meals available during the school year.
16 May 2014
Prince William and wife Kate's pet dog Lupo is immortalised in a series of children's books.
13 May 2014
Even in today’s digital world, printed books still enjoy a huge fan following.
12 May 2014
Antonio La Cava, a retired Italian schoolteacher, decided that after 42 years of teaching, he could do even more to spread the love of reading to children.
3 May 2014
The earliest manuscript containing the finest work of Geoffrey Chaucer – 'The Canterbury Tales' – has gone online for the first time.
25 Apr 2014
The Digital Public Library of America, a project aimed at providing free online access to the nation’s cultural repositories, has tripled in size to more than seven million items from more than 1 300 institutions since it opened a year ago.
23 Apr 2014
World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on 23 April organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
23 Apr 2014
World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books which takes place on 23 April. It sees passionate volunteers give hundreds of thousands of books away in their communities to share their love of reading with people who, for whatever reason, don’t read for pleasure or own books.
23 Apr 2024
23 Apr 2024
From April 23 to May 28, the book exhibition "Intellectual Property: the XXI Century" dedicated to the International Intellectual Property Day is open in the Documents of International Organizations reading room (room 207g).
23 Apr 2024
April 18, 2024 marks the 210th anniversary of the birth of Yevstafiy Tyshkevich, a famous archaeologist, historian, ethnographer, local historian and museologist. His research has raised whole layers of the historical past, he was one of the first Belarusian authors of local lore. To mark the anniversary of the scientist, an exhibition "Connoisseur of Belarusian Antiquities" has been organized in the Book Museum of the National Library of Belarus.
23 Apr 2024
Anniversary book exhibition "A Look into Eternity", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Belarusian scientist, literary critic Vladimir Mikhailovich Konon (1934–2011), takes place from April 23 to May 20 in the Belarusian Literature reading room (room 205).
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