Topic: Libraries
AP News | 2010-02-20 20:52:10
Libraries dealing with homeless try new approaches; San Francisco hires a social worker
Every day, when the main library opens, John Banks is waiting to get inside. He finds a spot and stays until closing time. Then his wheelchair takes him back to the bus terminal where he spends his nights. Like many homeless public library patrons, all Banks wants ...
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2010-02-20 09:31:33
PARIS (Reuters) - France's national library has bought the memoirs of celebrated Venetian lover Giacomo Casanova, which were initially thought to have perished at the end of World War Two. The 3,700 fading yellow pages of Casanova's "Histoire de ma Vie" (Story of my Life) were discovered packed in a dozen boxes which had been transferred to a ...
AP News | 2010-02-18 21:15:29
Robert Staats, managing director of VG Wort, speaks with reporters after attending a hearing about Google's online library, Thursday, Feb.18, 2010 in New York. Supporters of Google's effort to create the world's largest digital library on ...
AP News | 2010-02-18 18:33:15
<div id="subtitle">Casanova's steamy memoirs handed to France's national library after historic journey</div><div><p>The manuscript given to France's national library Thursday begins simply, yet seductively: "The story of Jacques Casanova ... written by himself."</p><p>"Himself" is the 18th century lothario ...
