Responses to an essay by Roger Rosenblatt about keeping and tossing old books. Also: A.I. and human identity; new heights for ...

As a graduate student in Laramie, Wyo., in the 1990s, Sarah Mentock spent many weekends hunting for bargains at neighborhood yard sales. On one of those weekends, she spotted “The Lord of the Isles,” ...

The library announced on Facebook that their long-lost book had been returned to their collection after a Boston resident found it and gave it to the Cambridge Public Library. The book was "The Early ...

Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to remove books because of the viewpoint they express. By Elizabeth A. Harris ...

Give your old books a new lease on life. Transform your old books into new and exciting items. From decorative pieces to functional accessories. Perfect for crafters and book lovers alike, these ideas ...

Student workers and full-time faculty are working to repair, rebind and renew old books in the BYU conservation laboratory. Repairs can be made by sewing new bindings on old pages, patching up pages ...

The smell of an old book tends to surface before its title is read. It escapes as a cover is eased open or a stiff page lifted, settling briefly in the air between hand and paper. In libraries and ...