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News Articles: Library

Belle da Costa Greene in 1929.

The true story of a famed librarian and the secret she guarded closely

The name Belle da Costa Greene might not ring a bell, but New York's renowned historic Morgan Library and Museum is trying to change that.

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  • Jordan-Marie Smith
Historic Atkins Park is a century-old intown Atlanta neighborhood. (Photo by Dyana Bagby)

Atlanta neighborhood rededicates name to honor pioneer in library science

Atkins Park has been rededicated to honor Dr. Eliza Atkins Gleason, the first African American to earn a PhD in library science, after originally being named for a Confederate colonel.

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Signs are placed on the outside doors of city hall to advise visitors that the library as well as a restroom are closed because of meth contamination in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo.

A Colorado library is closed after meth contamination. What will it take to clean it?

The Englewood Public Library is the second library in Colorado to have to close its doors due to meth contamination.

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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Terence Crowster, who has been an avid reader since he was young, solicited donations to start the Hot-Spot Library in Scottsville, Cape Town, so kids would have a safe place to connect with books.

PHOTOS: The Hot-Spot Library Was Born In Two Shipping Containers In A Cape Town Slum

It started with a guy who had a dream – bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.

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  • Tommy Trenchard
Johnnie Prater, center, reads to her granddaughter at the Riverside Library in Macon Friday.

Budget Woes Mean Closed Libraries And Idled Buses In Macon

An unresolved budget fight in Macon-Bibb County means that at least in the short term, local libraries will close. The Macon-Bibb County Commission was...

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