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How to Sell a Genocide has been removed from a library near Bondi – but libraries represent freedom of thought

Sydney’s Waverley Council, which includes Bondi Beach within its boundaries, has removed a book on the war on Gaza, titled How to Sell a Genocide, from its library shelves, pending review. This followed a complaint from a survivor of last year’s Bondi Beach massacre.

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In 1870, a book was borrowed from a library in Australia. 150 years later, it was found behind a fireplace

A library book borrowed in the 1870s has returned to Kiama, Australia. It was discovered sealed inside a fireplace during recent home renovations. The overdue fine for the "Antiquities of Athens" book would be substantial. However, the library will not collect any payment from the unknown borrower. The historical book…

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Library unveils performance schedule for 200th birthday

A flagship state library is celebrating a milestone anniversary with a program of live performances throughout September and October.

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Clarivate Selected By Czech National Library of Technology to Develop Unified National Library Platform

LONDON, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced today that the Czech National Library of Technology has selected Clarivate to deliver its new unified library services and discovery platform as part of a ten-year agreement. The cloud-based library solution will…

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The original Doom soundtrack joins 'our national playlist' in the US Library of Congress

Bobby Prince's groundbreaking soundtrack is one of 25 recordings inducted into the famed Library of Congress today.

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Teens came first at Australia’s world-leading Centre For Youth Literature – until it was axed

In 2019, the State Library Victoria announced it was retiring the “brand” of its groundbreaking Centre for Youth Literature.

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Where to find the Square Lock Box key in Resident Evil 4 Remake

Plunder these puzzling chests for Salazar's riches.

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Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne

Acclaimed author ‘sick’ about 171-year-old institution’s proposed restructure as hundreds of writers sign open letter in protest

The Guardian - AU

The full list of strikes happening in London this month

A host of strike action will take place in the coming weeks

Evening Standard

State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’

Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10

The Guardian - AU

Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged

The State Library of Victoria – recognised this year as the third most popular library in the world – is proposing major cuts to staff and services. The number of reference librarians will be cut from 25 to ten. Children’s and family engagement officers will be axed, as will digital…

The Conversation

How to complete Building a Library in ARC Raiders

For education.

Destructoid

The influence of David Scase on British theatre has been overlooked

Letter: Responding to an interview with Anthony Hopkins, Colin Lovelace pays tribute to the artistic director who gave a break to him and many other actors

The Guardian - UK

Oscar Wilde’s library card reissued by the British Library 130 years after it was revoked

The British Library said they hoped to honour Wilde’s memory and ‘acknowledge the injustices and immense suffering he faced’

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Row as gender-critical book excluded from National Library exhibition

THE National Library has found itself at the centre of a major row after bosses were accused of blocking a book by gender-critical feminists in an…

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Have sections of the US Constitution gone missing from government website?

A Library of Congress website temporarily omitted parts of Article 1 due to a coding error corrected later that day.

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David Brooks obituary

Other lives: Manchester GP who trained other doctors in the city and helped to improve primary care in Kuwait and India

The Independent UK

Significant parts of the Constitution were quietly removed from the Congress website

The Library of Congress said the missing sections were a 'coding error'

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Fresh off Trump firings, Library of Congress stares down a proposed cut

The past two months have brought uncertainty for the Library of Congress, after the president fired two top leaders and now as GOP appropriators take aim.

The Independent UK

Stephen Sondheim's papers go to Library of Congress, offering a look into a Broadway genius

Manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks from Stephen Sondheim have been donated to the Library of Congress

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13 People Break Down The Historical Lies That Are Widely Accepted To This Day

Some historical lies get repeated so many times, we start believing they are true.

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Washington Post Article Stresses the Library of Congress's Name, but Largely Ignores Judicial Precedent …

that treats the Library of Congress as an Executive Branch department as to Presidential removal of the Librarian.

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A First Nations writer’s fellowship was withdrawn by Queensland’s government. What’s going on?

This week, Martu writer Karen Wyld had her A$15,000 blackwrite fellowship withdrawn – just hours before the (cancelled) ceremony at State Library of Queensland, where she was to receive it for a fiction manuscript on the Stolen Generations. The Queensland arts minister, John-Paul Langbroek, and premier David Crisafulli had directly…

The Independent UK

Two Trump appointees escorted out of Library of Congress amid White House takeover, report says

Trump’s firing of the head of the Library of Congress comes as White House officials can’t say what agency does

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ChatGPT gets a useful new home for your AI images – and it could be the first step towards OpenAI's new Instagram rival

Look out for a new Library tab that's now rolling out to ChatGPT on the web and on mobile.

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