"Yes, folks; it's time again to sign up for Alan and Helene Korolenko's "Book Lovers Greenwich Village Adventure" — a one-day trip to New York's Greenwich Village for a walking tour of over 20 independent new and used bookstores in a one-mile area."

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"Thanks to another multimillion dollar gift from the Athletics Department, the $108.7 million renovation of Ohio State University's main library is now fully funded."

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"Nearly 2,000 bibliophiles scoured this weekend's used-book sale at Historic Locust Grove, hauling out bagfuls on subjects from Mexican architecture and reggae music to Stonewall Jackson and porcelain doll-making."

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"The guest speaker at the Ruby Gala will be author David Baldacci. Baldacci
has written 14 best-selling novels and recently released his 15th novel, "The
Whole Truth." More than 50 million of his books have been sold in more than 40
languages."

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"The eight-storied library complex with a plinth area of 3,33,140 sq ft will come up on 8 acres of land adjacent to the government data centre in Kotturpuram where the earlier Jayalalithaa government planned to construct a new secretariat complex."

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"Among the 300,000 titles housed in Rare Books and Special Collections at McGill University Library are collections of art and architecture, Canadiana, history, literature, philosophy (including an outstanding David Hume Collection), travel and exploration, and the history of the book. It is a true discovery library, actively supporting the teaching, learning and research needs of McGill students and faculty from all disciplines, as well as the wider scholarly community."

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"Dakota County's law libraries, in Hastings and Apple Valley, offer reams of electronic and hard copy information, covering common issues such as property lines and neighbors' pesky pets. "

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"Among the rarities for sale at the gallery is an Ortellius world atlas from the 1630s — hand-colored, still in its original binding and worth about $250,000. An original print of a turkey from artist John James Audubon's Elephant Portfolio is priced at $165,000. Smaller, less-rare books and maps start at $35."

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"The UCLA Library has received a generous $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to catalog more than 55,000 rare books and make them more accessible to users."

"'It will promote learning, research and the creation of new knowledge by greatly improving online access to information about our rare and unique books, which will make them more visible and useful to scholars both at UCLA and around the world,' said University Librarian Gary E. Strong."

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"Wondrous treasures are unfolding within the Bowdoin College Library's George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Pop-up books — 1,900 of them — have been donated by collector Harry Goralnick '71. "

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"CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A 1921 poem by William Carlos Williams has been published, along with its story, by Southeast Missouri State University."

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"Dylan Thomas’s marriage was notoriously tempestuous, blighted by drunken brawls and mutual infidelity until the poet drank himself to death at the age of 39. "

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