Before the early 20 th century, public libraries typically used wooden bookcases with fixed shelves to house their volumes. In the 1910s, new public literacy initiatives like Andrew Carnegie’s library ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The freedom to read is like the freedom to think, and libraries are guardians of that freedom. But when access to information is ...

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 6, 2013) - Today, Slice officially launched Bookshelf, a social and fun way to share and discover books with your friends. Slice Bookshelf is the first and only ...

When access to information is restricted ... we lose one of the most important elements of our free society: the right to ...