New York Public Library Every Detail visits the New York Public Library Jason Weisberger

History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

books Edward Gorey's new book reviewed by Mark Dery David Pescovitz

coronavirus Coronavirus destroyed U.S. job market, this chart shows how badly your state was hit Xeni Jardin

art Noah Wall paints audio portraits using the structures of New York Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Wuhan (pop. 11 million) shutting down public transport to halt spread of coronavirus Mark Frauenfelder

library Getting a library card in Los Angeles is pretty easy Jason Weisberger

art Artist Drew Friedman has an exhibit at Ohio State University Mark Frauenfelder

trump Florida county commissioners against renewal of library's New York Times subscription because it's "fake news" David Pescovitz

tech You can read beautifully illustrated novels in the New York Public Library's Instagram account John Struan

books The American Library Association says Melvil Dewey is canceled John Struan

mistakes Collection of sites with dumb password rules Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Edward Snowden's memoir, "Permanent Record," will go on sale on Sept 17 Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Data-mining reveals that 80% of books published 1924-63 never had their copyrights renewed and are now in the public domain Cory Doctorow

nyc Literary tattoos of the New York Public Library staff Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Announcing: the tour for "How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems," Randall "XKCD" Munroe's next book Cory Doctorow

libraries 10 fascinating online collections at the New York Public Library Cory Doctorow

burning man The BLM's Burning Man environmental impact statement is terrible, calls for drug searches, dumpsters, and a 19,000,000lb concrete wall Cory Doctorow