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Philadelphia's Public Libraries Not Closing After All

Lovers of books, free Internet access, and community gathering spaces, rejoice. The Philadelphia Free Library will not be closing on October 2nd, as previously threatened.

11:06 AM on Mon Sep 21 2009, by Laura Northrup, 4,075 views, 43 comments

Here's a resource to help you determine whether your library lends digital media such as audiobooks and ebooks. It also helps you locate other libraries that offer digital lending. [Overdrive] (Thanks to jojo319!)

10:37 AM on Tue Jan 27 2009, by Chris Walters, 800 views, 15 comments

Live In Ohio? Your Library May Soon Close

Here at Consumerist, we love libraries. They're like some weird, old-school version of Netflix, but with books! And free! That makes them one of the most cost-effective sources of entertainment and reference material around. Unfortunately, Ohio...

11:29 AM on Fri Jul 3 2009, by Chris Walters, 5,374 views, 113 comments

Philadelphia To Close All Public Libraries October 2nd

UPDATE: Philadelphia's Public Libraries Not Closing After All

5:30 PM on Sun Sep 13 2009, by Laura Northrup, 52,402 views, 178 comments

The Poverty-Stricken Masses Are Flocking To Libraries

Why waste precious cash at Borders and Barnes & Noble when you can go to the library for free? It's a simple question that is causing traffic local libraries to spike as flocks of new patrons register for library cards. We've praised libraries...

3:05 PM on Sun Jan 11 2009, by Carey Alexander, 8,941 views, 100 comments

There's a new free app for the iPhone called Audiobooks that connects you to 1800 public domain recordings, mostly of classic books. [TUAW]

4:20 PM on Tue May 26 2009, by Chris Walters, 1,667 views, 12 comments

WorldCat Turns You Into A Library Power User

We've written before about the money-saving goodness called your local public library, but a lot of readers may not know about a powerful online search tool, WorldCat, that lets you search the holdings of 57,000 libraries in over 100 countries....

4:56 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007, by Chris Walters, 1,656 views, 10 comments

Iowa Woman Arrested For Failing To Return Library Book

Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested for failing to return a copy of the The Freedom Writer's Diary that she borrowed last April from the Jessup library. The library had tried to reach Koontz through four calls and four letters, one...

4:15 PM on Sat Jan 24 2009, by Carey Alexander, 20,139 views, 180 comments

Save On Textbooks By Borrowing Them From The School Library...

We always knew one of the biggest scams in college was the school bookstore, but we never realized that you could actually try borrowing textbooks from the library. The blogger behind The Baglady certainly did:

7:00 PM on Mon Sep 17 2007, by Ben Popken, 2,290 views, 45 comments

Sports Illustrated Refuses To Send Swimsuit Issue To Libraries

Why is Sports Illustrated refusing to send a copy of the swimsuit issue to libraries? Is it because they want people to buy it off the shelves? Robyn writes:

11:42 AM on Thu Mar 8 2007, by Meg Marco, 7,357 views, 33 comments