"Samantha and Don live on a small farm in Southern Maine with their dog, cats and chickens. Together, they seek the experience only a good bottle of wine and some well-cooked local, fresh foods can provide. That is, if they can decide on a recipe."

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"McGill University Library in Montreal will be using a Kirtas Technologies APT BookScan 2400RA to digitize its collections. The company said that the 2400RA is capable of acquiring page images at the rate of 2,400 pages per hour. The library will be working with Ristech, a Canadian reseller, to implement the digitization solution."

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"Janine Schmidt smiled broadly when asked how her summer had gone. 'I think I’m the only person at McGill who hasn’t taken a vacation,' she laughed. Too late now. With the new academic year in the starting blocks, Schmidt will be hardpressed to find much down time once the gun sounds. As the Trenholme Director of Libraries, Schmidt oversees perhaps McGill’s busiest entity – with some 2.6 million people having visited one of the University’s 13 branch libraries last year."

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"Hu Yuqing and her 29 colleagues at the Rare Books Restoration Center of the National Library have repaired 5,000m, or half of the Dunhuang scrolls in the library over the past 18 years."

"Hu is one of fewer than 200 professionals in China who can restore ancient texts."

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"Amazon.com has acquired social library network Shelfari for an undisclosed amount."

"Shelfari lets users showcase books they've read on virtual bookshelves. Books can be reviewed and discussed among 'friends,' which occasionally form on-site reading groups."

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"It’s a rainy Saturday morning, and customers idly browse the stacks at Cheever Books, one of San Antonio’s last remaining independent bookstores. Occupying a well-kept, whitewashed storefront on Broadway near the Witte Museum, Cheever Books is the hometown bookstore’s Platonic ideal. Its stacks reach the high, old-fashioned ceilings, and have been organized for maximum visual old-school appeal, as opposed to the merch-heavy endcaps of the big-chain box stores. "

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"A darkened room in a quiet corner of a city library is showcasing a vital part of Scotland's cultural heritage that is usually kept under lock and key. As Scotland celebrates the 500th anniversary of printing, the Mitchell Library in Glasgow has put a representative sample of its extensive holdings of antiquarian and rare books on show to mark the occasion."

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"The home, also known as the Millard House -- it was built for Chicago transplant Alice Millard, a dealer in rare books and antiques -- uses more vertical lines than typical Wright designs. It is situated in a tree-covered ravine and sits among other notable neighborhood residences designed by Charles and Henry Greene, Wallace Neff and Myron Hunt."

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"While technology can make knowledge available at the click of a button, healthy reading habits are also equally important, Mrs Pratibha Patil said while addressing a meeting celebrating the 150th year celebration of Uttarpara Jaikrishna Public Library."

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"US Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli also signed over a US$45,000 grant to help the National Museum rebuild its library and preserve its collection of rare books, which includes items dating back to the beginning of the last century. "

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"Afrika Bambaataa and other pioneers of hip hop will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to speak at a two-day conference celebrating Cornell University Library's acquisition of Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop, a collection that documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more."

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"The University of California, San Diego Libraries and San Diego Book Arts are co-sponsoring a Fall Festival of the Book: a series of exhibitions, lectures, and a film screening to celebrate the artistry and craftsmanship of handmade and rare books. The events, which will be held from September through October, are all free and open to the public."

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"Yes, folks; it's time again to sign up for Alan and Helene Korolenko's "Book Lovers Greenwich Village Adventure" — a one-day trip to New York's Greenwich Village for a walking tour of over 20 independent new and used bookstores in a one-mile area."

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"Thanks to another multimillion dollar gift from the Athletics Department, the $108.7 million renovation of Ohio State University's main library is now fully funded."

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"Nearly 2,000 bibliophiles scoured this weekend's used-book sale at Historic Locust Grove, hauling out bagfuls on subjects from Mexican architecture and reggae music to Stonewall Jackson and porcelain doll-making."

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"The guest speaker at the Ruby Gala will be author David Baldacci. Baldacci
has written 14 best-selling novels and recently released his 15th novel, "The
Whole Truth." More than 50 million of his books have been sold in more than 40
languages."

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"The eight-storied library complex with a plinth area of 3,33,140 sq ft will come up on 8 acres of land adjacent to the government data centre in Kotturpuram where the earlier Jayalalithaa government planned to construct a new secretariat complex."

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"Among the 300,000 titles housed in Rare Books and Special Collections at McGill University Library are collections of art and architecture, Canadiana, history, literature, philosophy (including an outstanding David Hume Collection), travel and exploration, and the history of the book. It is a true discovery library, actively supporting the teaching, learning and research needs of McGill students and faculty from all disciplines, as well as the wider scholarly community."

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"Dakota County's law libraries, in Hastings and Apple Valley, offer reams of electronic and hard copy information, covering common issues such as property lines and neighbors' pesky pets. "

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"Among the rarities for sale at the gallery is an Ortellius world atlas from the 1630s — hand-colored, still in its original binding and worth about $250,000. An original print of a turkey from artist John James Audubon's Elephant Portfolio is priced at $165,000. Smaller, less-rare books and maps start at $35."

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"The UCLA Library has received a generous $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to catalog more than 55,000 rare books and make them more accessible to users."

"'It will promote learning, research and the creation of new knowledge by greatly improving online access to information about our rare and unique books, which will make them more visible and useful to scholars both at UCLA and around the world,' said University Librarian Gary E. Strong."

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"Wondrous treasures are unfolding within the Bowdoin College Library's George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Pop-up books — 1,900 of them — have been donated by collector Harry Goralnick '71. "

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"CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A 1921 poem by William Carlos Williams has been published, along with its story, by Southeast Missouri State University."

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"Dylan Thomas’s marriage was notoriously tempestuous, blighted by drunken brawls and mutual infidelity until the poet drank himself to death at the age of 39. "

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"STAUNTON – Treasured objects and artifacts held by the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum will be preserved for future generations with help from an award from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the top source of federal funding for the nation’s museums and libraries."

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"The National Library of Korea opened a special exhibition this month, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of modern Korea. The exhibition is called ''1948 to the Present'' and highlights Korea¡¯s achievements over the past 60 years."

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"When Sitka’s Sheldon Jackson College closed a year ago, so did the Stratton Library, which houses nearly 7,000 rare books and photographs."

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" AbeBooks, the world's largest online marketplace for rare books, has been bought by online giant Amazon.com."

"The Victoria-based AbeBooks, which has more than 110 million books listed for sale by thousands of independent booksellers from around the world, was founded in 1995 by Rick and Vivian Pura and Keith and Cathy Waters."

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" A health movement led by Cincinnati’s German-Americans, first launched in 1848, became the stage for a fitness festival that was a show of Cincinnati’s own Olympics. UC’s Archives and Rare Books Library presents the photos and history of the 1909 Turner Festival that drew more than 50,000 fans to a special-built stadium for the event."

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"Hundreds of history buffs and experts in Patna on Tuesday paid a visit to the Khudabaksh Library to view rare books and manuscripts written during the Mughal period after the library, to mark the Khudabaksh Day, put them up for day-long public display."

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"His name may raise a few eyebrows as people try to grasp where in the world kids named “Winkie” come from. Though Winkie Pratney may not be a house-hold name in much of Smith County, he is certainly known among a select group of prominent ministers with international influences."

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"CAIRO: Kuwait and Egypt have a long cultural history of cooperation, with both Arab countries recently attending and holding several joint cultural activities that reflected these strong ties."

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"Bihar Governor R. L. Bhatia, in Patna on Saturday, during his visit to the state's historical Khuda Baksh Library, inaugurated the online catalogue of the books, manuscripts, and periodicals housed in the institute saying the facility was a huge step in the age of Internet and globalization."

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"PARIS, France - Pierre Beres, one of France's greatest private collectors of manuscripts and rare editions, has died at the age of 95, his family said Wednesday."

"The Paris-based collector, who three years ago on retiring sold 12,000 volumes from his collection, died on Monday."

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"Turning the Pages is a unique piece of software designed to allow readers to look at rare books in a natural way. With Turning the Pages, users can read the books in their original format, almost exactly as they were intended to be read by their original audience."

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"PLUMSTEAD - A 17th [18th] century stone barn converted into a home for a book dealer and his artist wife burned down Tuesday, destroying 30,000 rare books the man had collected."

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