"The University of South Carolina is marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible - the most widely reprinted English-language Bible in history - with an exhibit that showcases some of its most treasured and historic materials."

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"Murder, a ghost, madness, death—all these play a part in the Tragedy of Hamlet, Shakespeare’s endlessly fascinating glimpse into the darker facets of the human condition. Next month, culture lovers can experience a live performance of this renowned work at The Huntington, presented by the acclaimed Independent Shakespeare Company."

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"AAMLO is unique among Oakland’s 18 branches because it has a dual role of archive and museum. Consequently, it has a different mission and quieter profile than the others."

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"Businessman and scriptwriter Vipul Rawal, 43, has a passion for documenting history. He collects antique newspapers, and over the past 30 years, has spent Rs 8-10 lakh to buy old news. Today, his collection is valued at over eight times this amount."

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"The auction will involve roughly 300 items including an oil painting of the New York skyline by modern art pioneer Samuel Halpert; 10 pianos, including a Steinway concert grand; a first-edition book by Mark Twain; rare books that include volumes of poetry by Byron, Keats and Shelley; and antique furniture."

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"A haphazard collection of black plastic garbage bags and tattered shoe boxes has been replaced with well-labeled, acid-free storage boxes and sturdy shelving with room to grow at the Marge Smith Archives at MidAmerica Nazarene University. A grant award of $10,000 from the Johnson County Heritage Trust Fund and Board of County Commissioners made the makeover possible."

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Salon.com has a feature article about some of the most photogenic bookstores in the world.

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"In anticipation of its centennial birthday, the building will open its doors on May 14 to the “Celebrating 100 Years” exhibition, on view until Dec. 31."

"The library's curator, Thomas Mellins, delved into the massive collection of over 60 million pieces, emerging with about 250 artifacts he felt would best express its breadth and depth."

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"The original manuscripts of Filipino national hero Dr. Jose Rizal's satirical novels — Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo — have a new home: the Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Chicago in the United States."

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"It is expected to fetch between £6,000 and £8,000 when it goes under the hammer on June 7 along with other rare books and manuscripts."

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"An antique collector from Klebang claims he is in possession of extremely rare volumes of Peranakan Malay literature that were printed in 1892."

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"In the latest stop in journeys that have traveled harrowing centuries, survived devastating wars and tasted modern renewal, Towson University this weekend opens to the public some of the area’s rarest Judaic books and photographs."

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"We have 25,000 books, approximately. We also have probably hundreds of thousands of auction catalogs. We have magazines, (as) you see here, from back from the '40s and '50. A lot of these are really, really rare materials because a number of these things include a lot of original works in them."

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"Organized by Dr. Anne-Marie Eze, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, whose recent research has focused on Isabella Stewart Gardner as book collector, this collection of beautifully decorated Venetian commissioni will be on view in the museum’s Long Gallery, where they have been kept in covered bookcases since Isabella Gardner’s day. "

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"Royal documents of the Korea's family stolen by French troops in 1886, when they invaded Kanghwa Island -- off the west coast-- to retaliate against Korea's persecution of French catholic missionaries were finally home after 145 years."

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