"Denmark's Royal Library is risking the wrath of Muslims with plans to display controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked violent protest throughout the Islamic world two years ago. "

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"Montana State University's Renne Library flooded for the second time in a week after a water pipe burst -- this time soaking reference books and causing thousands of dollars in damage."

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"The Grolier Club will soon present an exhibition that examines noted Victorians through portraits. Facing the Late Victorians: Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, curated by Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Delaware, will provide the opportunity for visitors to come face to face with famous British poets, painters, novelists, playwrights and illustrators."

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"A destination bookstore can make you feel like you're part of the community, whether you're grooving on the laid-back vibe at Powell's in Portland, Ore., or tuning into the Beltway buzz at Washington's Politics & Prose."

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"The premier elements of a $7 million collection of minerals and rare books will go on display at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum Feb. 9. "

"The collection, which includes 871 mineral specimens covering 64 species and more than 300 rare books on mineralogy, was donated to UA by the estate of Hubert Charles de Monmonier. "

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"Fifty years ago next month, Dr. Lawrence Reynolds turned over to Alabama his most prized possession, a collection of 6,000 rare medical books, manuscripts and artifacts. "

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"'The main thing we did was build the library/music room on the top floor, and the many, many bookshelves,'Mr. Moser said. 'But nothing terribly dramatic.'"

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"A World of Books, the last remaining bookstore in San Leandro, has changed hands from 30-year owner Barbara Keenan to Anthony Owen Smith, a native of England and specialist in rare books."

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"Emory’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Library (MARBL) is sifting through more than 120 boxes of journals, correspondence, photos and other materials from renowned author Alice Walker that arrived at Emory on Dec. 20 after a many-year search for a library to house them."

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"In 2002, Owen won first prize in an international calligraphy competition in Osimo, Italy. Her handmade books have been featured in numerous book art exhibits and her work has been collected by the Library of Congress, Harvard University, Yale University and by other museums, libraries and private collectors. She is represented by Joshua Heller Rare Books in Washington, DC. "

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"The nearly five million books in at UC's satellite library in Richmond contain valuable knowledge and history. However, scholars no longer have to search through 28 miles of shelves. "
"'This is huge. This is huge for scholarship and students,' says Jo Guldi, a UC doctoral candidate. "

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"The New York Academy of Medicine Library is one of the largest medical libraries in the country collecting in public health and clinical medicine. This class is for anyone who is looking to learn how to use the Academy Library to access information regarding health and medicine. "

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"When is a bookstore worth a tourist's time
When it's more than just a place to buy books.
A destination bookstore can make you feel like you're part of the community, whether you're grooving on the laid-back vibe at Powell's in Portland, or tuning into the Beltway buzz at Washington's Politics and Prose."

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"Of all the great guidebook series, none has ever attained such heights as Baedeker. A hundred years ago, its books were so indispensable that EM Forster was in no way exaggerating when he had the heroine of A Room with a View burst into tears in a Florentine church when she realised she had left her book in her room. Without it, she had no way of knowing what was beautiful, and what should be ignored. "

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"Like many of the independent bookstore's faithful customers, the pair has shopped at the place for decades. But times are changing, as buyers choose books at chains such as Barnes & Noble, online at Amazon.com or at discount stores such as Costco."

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"Included are brief tours of the public areas of the Library and the extraordinary Malloch Rare Book Room, which contains over 35,000 rare books and manuscripts, including a 9th century manuscript copy of the oldest known cookbook..."

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"A destination bookstore can make you feel like you're part of the community, whether you're grooving on the laid-back vibe at Powell's in Portland, or tuning into the Beltway buzz at Washington's Politics and Prose."

"Some bookstores offer literary touchstones, like the wooden chairs signed by writers who've visited That Bookstore in Blytheville, an Arkansas institution frequented by native son John Grisham."

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"Late last summer he donated his 4,730-tome collection to the University of B.C., making it the owner of the largest collection of golf books in the academic library world, says Ralph Stanton, head of rare books and special collections for UBC."

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"The 76-year-old ear specialist has spent the last 40 years collecting medical artifacts dating from the first century A.D. to today. The waiting room, offices and even a treatment area are covered with displays of amputation saws, scalpels from antiquity forward, early hearing aids, medicine vials of all descriptions and quackery objects through the ages. "

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"Though noteworthy libraries dot the five boroughs, including the new Bronx Library Center and historic branches financed by Andrew Carnegie, the natural place to start is at the famous lions on Fifth Avenue, at what is officially the Humanities and Social Sciences Library."

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"The only known copy of the first Book of Hours printed in France, a tiny volume nearly 5 inches tall and 3 inches wide, has been acquired by the Morgan Library & Museum. Designed to fit into the palm of a woman’s hand, the book of prayers and devotional readings is illustrated by more than 40 woodcuts depicting religious figures and the life of Jesus."

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"Got 48 hours to explore the literary haunts of London? The British capital is a treasure trove of pubs, museums and hotels steeped in booklore. Reuters correspondents with a mix of local knowledge give tips on how to spend a short stay."

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"Over 5,000 volumes in the historic Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Library are to be restored and their contents made available to the public. The unique University of Ulster conservation and outreach initiative - funded by a grant of £500,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund - will take three and a half years to complete."

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"Cambridge, Massachusetts - Like most librarians, Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archive in Baghdad, has to deal with a number of disturbances: people speaking loudly in the study area, lost books, and the occasional sniper fire or Katyusha rocket attack. "

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"Hanover College's Duggan Library is the recipient of a second gift of important rare books on North American and Pacific exploration by retired orthopedic surgeon and Hanover alumnus Ronald Kleopfer."

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"'We preserve civilization,' University of Central Arkansas Archivist Jimmy Bryant said, 'from the standpoint of being able to answer the question of how we got to where we are.'"

"Bryant oversees the University's archives. Filling several rooms in the Torreyson Library, the collection contains 'tens of thousands of stories,' Bryant said, most relating to Conway but all having Arkansas ties. "

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"All my money goes on...rare books. I have quite an extensive collection, including some fantastic novels that many people have not heard of."

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"'There was a guy in here who said all used books are haunted by the people who owned them before," Drummond said"'

"Fortunately, the customer didn't scare anyone away. At the beginning of year two, shoppers continue to stop by Mojo. Students purchase books for school. Baby boomers take home retro items. Collectors buy and trade."

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"Locked away in rooms accessible only by swipe key card in the Leddy Library at the University of Windsor are irreplaceable and invaluable rare documents and books that tell the social history of Windsor and Southwestern Ontario."

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"'The O’Neill Festival at Ten,' 10 nights of free readings, screenings and musical events featuring Zoe Caldwell, Charles Durning, Brian Murray, Natasha Richardson, Marian Seldes and KT Sullivan, will take place at the Provincetown Playhouse on Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village..."

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"'People of the Book' opens right after the Bosnian war. It's 1996, and the Haggadah has just turned up in a bank vault, where it was hidden by a Muslim librarian who rescued the codex under heavy shelling. Australian rare-book expert Hanna Heath has been given the job of analyzing and conserving the book, 'a lavishly illuminated Hebrew manuscript made at a time when Jewish belief was firmly against illustrations of any kind.'"

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"ATLANTA -- Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker is placing her literary archive at Emory University's library."

"The author of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Color Purple,' 'By the Light of My Father's Smile' and other works visits Emory every couple of years for readings and meetings with faculty members."

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"After college he drove a cab (he quit after being mugged twice in a month) and worked in a bakery and a bookstore before a friend tipped him to a job opening: technical assistant in the library’s periodical room. That was 31 years ago. "

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"Columbia University Libraries and Google, Inc. have signed an agreement to digitize a large number of the Libraries’ books in the public domain and make them available online. The project, which is one of several collaborations between Google and major research libraries, will evaluate and review hundreds of thousands of volumes from the Libraries’ collections over the next six years. "

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