The link below is to an article reporting on the censorship of libraries by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and in Mosul in particular.
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/02/01/iraqi-libraries-ransacked-islamic-state-group-mosul/g5YDl4dV8kMDK01HGrQMHJ/story.html
The link below is to an article that takes a look at 40 libraries around the world.
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http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/40-most-impressive-libraries-around-the-world.html
I’m a voracious reader, and read between 80 and 100 books a year. Obviously, this is a habit that gets expensive so I’m always looking for legal ways to still read and cut back on the spending. Until I got my iPad in 2010, I was a frequent customer of my town’s library. Once I got hooked on digital books, however, I never really went back.
Some of this is due to the fact that I live in a very small town (about 5,000 people). I often joke that there are more cows on my street than people. So, my library is very small. While we are tied into a regional network of libraries, the next closest library is still two towns over.
Thankfully, my library joined the digital age and I can check out books digitally. This is a big deal for them, since the last time I asked them if I…
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The link below is to an article that takes a look at ten mobile libraries.
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http://ebookfriendly.com/extraordinary-mobile-libraries/
One of the ‘downsides’ of a largely ebook library is that it is very difficult to use your ebooks as a visual display – an ebook reader on a shelf is not the same as a physical book library, though there are definite advantages in having a digital library. The link below is to an article which allows you to have the best of both worlds.
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A bookshelf-like wallpaper that serves as a digital book library (pictures)
At the BookShelf 
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