The British Library is restoring online its main catalogue, containing 36m records of printed and rare books, maps, journals and music scores, 11 weeks after a catastrophic cyber-attack. However, access is limited... Read more »
Richard Osman’s cosy crime books The Thursday Murder Club and The Man Who Died Twice, followed by, appropriately enough, Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library were the most borrowed library books in the... Read more »
A west London library has had to temporarily close after bedbugs were found in returned books. It was announced on Monday that Northolt library in West Ealing would be closed until the... Read more »
Cambridge University Library will soon be asked to return Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript. SNP councillor Glen Reid plans to write to the university in the new year to “begin a dialogue” about... Read more »
It is one of the most valuable books in Australia, both for its cultural importance and the price copies fetch on the high-end auction market. Mr William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies,... Read more »