Library

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  1/13/20
  

  The 10 Most Checked-Out Books in N.Y. Public Library History

  Librarians and analysts spent over six months parsing through hundreds of titles to compile the list. They considered all book formats, including e-books and foreign-language editions.

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• SOURCE: Atlas Obscura
  6-29-16
  

  The World's Oldest Library Has Reopened

  The world’s oldest working library at the al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez, Morocco is once again open and ready for visitors, having been closed for massive restorations since 2012.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Ed
  6-24-15
  

  Historians and archivists say the NY Public Library no longer functions as a world-class research library

  by Scott Sherman

  What went wrong at one of the world’s eminent research institutions?

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• SOURCE: AP
  3-21-14
  

  Obama library gets going

  Illinois, New York and Hawaii are all expected to compete for Obama's library.

• SOURCE: AP
  2-21-13
  

  Putin's idea to house Jewish collections rejected

  A U.S.-based Jewish group Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion to house disputed historical collections of books and documents at a Jewish museum in Moscow.Nathan Lewin, a lawyer for the Jewish group Chabad, said in a statement provided to The Associated Press that Chabad is the rightful owner and Putin's proposal is not acceptable.