Read more library stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34680/library.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:27:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74080/overdue-books-return-51-years-late.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Arizona high school librarian got the surprise of her career when she opened a package and found a letter from a former student, two books checked out in 1958—and a money order for $1,000 to cover the overdue-book fines. The books, Community of Living Things: Forests and...http://www.newser.com/story/74080/overdue-books-return-51-years-late.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 14:32:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71778/libraries-embrace-e-book-lending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 1 million e-books books were checked out of libraries this year—25% more than all of last year—as libraries offer more and more digital lending. Borrowers can check the book out online—obviating the trip to the library—and can read them on a computer or Sony...http://www.newser.com/story/71778/libraries-embrace-e-book-lending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 10:36:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67449/microsoft-amazon-unite-against-google-book-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft, Amazon, and Yahoo are ganging up against Google Books, trying to quash its settlement with publishers and authors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The settlement, which still needs court approval, would allow Google to offer works scanned off library shelves online for free, provided publishers get a cut of...http://www.newser.com/story/67449/microsoft-amazon-unite-against-google-book-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 12:07:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63636/oldest-bible-scanned-for-web.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe fragile Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest surviving Christian Bible, has been hidden in scholarly collections for decades, but today the British Library has launched a new site to let online surfers peruse the 1600-year-old document. The ancient text was discovered in the 19th century, and researchers suspect it survived due...http://www.newser.com/story/63636/oldest-bible-scanned-for-web.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 6:36:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61864/sf-library-offers-amnesty-to-tardy-book-borrowers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA book amnesty program in San Francisco has inspired many guilty returns and a few entertaining excuses, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The city's public library offered tardy borrowers the chance to return items, fine-free, as long as they came with an excuse. Returning a record 29,228 items worth...http://www.newser.com/story/61864/sf-library-offers-amnesty-to-tardy-book-borrowers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 18:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56291/book-missing-since-civil-war-returned-to-virginia-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Virginia college has a missing library book back—145 years after a Union soldier stole it during the Civil War. An Illinois man who inherited the book from friends tracked down the original owner and returned it to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, reports the Washington Post . The...http://www.newser.com/story/56291/book-missing-since-civil-war-returned-to-virginia-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 19:06:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56021/library-rules-no-loud-yells-no-bad-smells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven if you haven’t been to a public library in a while you probably know the major rules: no shouting, no running, no food or drink near the books. But a rash of complaints from patrons have driven some Chicago-area libraries to institute a new prohibition: no offensive body odors....http://www.newser.com/story/56021/library-rules-no-loud-yells-no-bad-smells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 9:31:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55510/schindlers-list-found-in-aussie-library.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rare copy of one of Oskar Schindler's original lists has been found in an Australian library, Reuters reports. The 13 yellowing pages list hundreds of Jews the German industrialist saved from the gas chambers by employing them in his factories. The list was given to Schindler's List author Thomas...http://www.newser.com/story/55510/schindlers-list-found-in-aussie-library.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 5:18:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55282/academics-fear-googles-orphan-books-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle's plan to take millions of "orphan" books under its wing has critics crying foul, the New York Times reports. Google aims to make these out-of-print works—whose rights holders are unknown or cannot be found—part of its mammoth online bookstore and library, a plan some academics say will...http://www.newser.com/story/55282/academics-fear-googles-orphan-books-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 5:46:49 CDT