"According to Dr. Jeff Luzius, the director of the Fairchild Research Information Center, a $13.4 million, 17,000 square-foot addition to the facility is expected to break ground in early spring."

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"There are now 1.3 million books at the King Abdul Aziz Public Library in Riyadh, with 32,500 going back to the beginning of printing in Europe."

"The list of rare books includes a collection of old European publications, with 78 covering the Prophet’s biography and 113 translated into different European languages on the interpretation and meanings of the Holy Qur’an."

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"The 400th Anniversary Edition of the KJV which CBS produced in collaboration with the Bible Society in Britain also celebrates the impressive contributions which it made to the English culture and language. It includes an impressive collection of phrases from the KJV which have found their way into common English use; my brother’s keeper, in the twinkling of an eye, no shadow of turning."

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"The 15th annual sale will benefit special projects of the museum's Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, a research facility that focuses on indigenous art and world cultures."

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"Strasser, who owns Saucony Book Store in Kutztown, has two other nearly complete collections of the Review. He's selling all three collections."

"Strasser spent years piecing his collections together, mostly from issues he bought at auctions."

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"Dated 1699, it is signed by the London 'plattmaker' (cartographer) John Thornton (1641-1708), a prolific member of the Thames School of map and chart makers, who worked as a hydrographer for both the English East India Company and the Hudson's Bay Company."

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"Thousands of book lovers, buyers, browsers and sellers will come together in San Francisco at the 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair from February 11 through Sunday, February 13. "

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"Mike Beckett describes his independent used-book store as the community living room of Las Cruces."

"'Everyone comes in here,' he said. 'You get everything from federal judges to street people.'"

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"Bookseller Ken Sanders, who owns Ken Sanders Rare Books, posted a call to action on his Web site earlier this week alerting customers to a Utah state law that could threaten his and other used booksellers’ businesses."

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"The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library holds a collection of more than 1,000 rare books, ranging from incunabula from the early days of printing to bound works of today's book arts movement."

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"The Exhibition, organized by National Archives of India in collaboration with Iran Culture House in New Delhi is on display at the India International Centre annex till January 19."

"The display, contains rare and unique works on religion, language, literature, history besides also having a collection of travelogues, books on geography and biography among a host of other subjects, was inaugurated by the Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, Ms. Vijayalatha Reddy."

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"The act will include the clause of fund generation and provide proper funding to the new libraries as well as training to the librarians, said Chaudhry Mohammad Nazir, Director General, Department of Libraries, Ministry of Education and National library of Pakistan in an interview with APP. "

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"Edwin C. Schroeder will serve a five-year term as Librarian of the Beinecke and Associate University Librarian, which began Jan. 1. Schroeder has filled a number of positions of increasing responsibility in Sterling Memorial Library and Beinecke library since arriving at Yale in 1989. He began as a catalogue librarian in Sterling, and most recently has been head of technical services for Beinecke library since 2004."

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"About 50 volunteers will spend hours in January and February arranging the volumes. By the time March 12 rolls around, anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 books will sell for a buck at the annual used-book sale, awaited eagerly by those who love books."

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"The exhibition will showcase rare editions and manuscripts of the Quran and other religious books, poetry, books on art and Iranology as well as rare books which were printed from original manuscripts."

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"A greetings card bearing New Years wishes from James Joyce, written 70 years ago is being offered for sale at €4,950 ($6,628)."

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"For the first time in the history of mosques, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) inaugurated an Islamic library in the minaret of Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Mosque."

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"Now, Mr Chapman, 43, a pilot who flies long-haul routes for Virgin, has made another lucky find after a book was donated anonymously."

"In the basement of the shop, Mr Chapman discovered a 1556 Italian history of the Dukes of Ferrara called Commentario delle cose di Ferrara."

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"HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and Margaret Fischer, wife of the Austrian president, visited the Imperial Treasury at Hofburg Palace on Friday. During the visit, Sheikha Moza admired the rare collections which the Treasury contains."

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