Libraries

We've always been keen on The Memory Thing--putting local news archives, genealogical information and similar items online. Who says a TeleRead-style library effort should involve e-books alone, as important as...

The dogma is that electronic books won't work out for most recreational reading. Supposedly librarians should confine e-books to nonfiction categories like reference--with a few exceptions such as sci-fi and...

Most cash-strapped families, especially on the Great Plains, wouldn't have paid for medical information via the Net. Just why not trust the doctor? Why gamble the money on such a...

A few weeks ago I shelled out $9.06 for Fallen: Confessions of a Disbarred Lawyer. Sleazy lawyers fascinate me. They're entertaining caricatures of the "honest" ones. Give me Body Heat's...

The story of netLibrary under OCLC has yet to be written. Will the e-collection evolve into a true digital library system on a TeleRead scale? Too, will the new netLibrary...

"Officials at the Library of Congress say the irradiation of government mail is damaging some items intended for the library's collections."--Library Journal item (registration required)TeleRead angle: The irradiation is a...