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    Addiction Du Jour: Bibliomania

    APRIL 14, 2011 9:34PM

    By Theo Ward


    Topics: personal essay, used books, libraries, bibliomania, bookaholic, books, addiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2008 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The New Library: What We Gain and Lose

    APRIL 6, 2011 10:56AM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: cambridge public library, libraries, books

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    • 35 Ratings
    • 19195 Views
    • 80 Comments
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    What Are Libraries For?

    MARCH 15, 2010 9:17AM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: design, books, libraries, library architecture, cambridge public library, boston public library, closing libraries

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    • 39 Ratings
    • 1997 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Long Live Books

    MARCH 4, 2010 6:23PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: library fines, library cards, reading, provo utah, byu, harold b. lee library, big piney wyoming, evanston wyoming, big piney public library, uinta county library, libraries, world book day, books

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    • 35 Ratings
    • 3765 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Batgirl Was a Librarian

    FEBRUARY 17, 2010 12:31AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, libraries, librarians, kindle, batgirl, cake pans

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 1664 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A Year of Reading Dangerously!

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 12:53PM

    By shebasilisk


    Topics: books, reading, censorship, libraries, morality, curiousity, racism, sex, heresy, obscenity, indecent, vulgarity, history, children's books, novels, culture, julie powell, st. louis

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 9967 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Weekly 10: The 10 Largest Public Libraries In The U.S.

    AUGUST 7, 2009 4:22PM

    By J. Robert Godbout


    Topics: books, libraries, reading, list

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1525 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Books on Demand

    NOVEMBER 18, 2008 1:36AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, business, technology, bookselling, libraries, books on demand

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1060 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Banned Books -- Where Do You Draw the Line?

    OCTOBER 2, 2008 4:19PM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, libraries, patriot act, terrorism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 7080 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    The Wyoming Libraries' Naked Mudflap Girl

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 11:37AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, libraries, feminism, advertising

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 6092 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    The Books Sarah Palin Would Burn

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 11:08AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, books, mccain, disney, john mccain, libraries, religion, christianity, presidential election, freedom, censorship, harry potter, evangelicals, palin, sarah palin, presidential campaign, banned books, christian right, fundamentalism, book banning, wasilla, mccain-palin, assembly of god, book burning, assemblies of god, salon.com, evangelican christians, revelations

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 554 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Bunfight at the U.K. Corral, er, Library

    MAY 28, 2008 11:24AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, libraries, great britain

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    • 0 Ratings
    • 651 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Friends of the Library - NOT!

    MAY 28, 2008 11:23AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, libraries

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