Nice piece by Jay Koziarz in Curbed Chicago: 13 Beautiful, Historic Public Libraries in Chicago: From Beaux-Arts Beauties to Modern Masterpieces

We’ve been following the reviews and buzz surrounding the publication of Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe
by Kathy Peiss.  Here’s a tantalizing excerpt of the book from Crime Reads:

https://crimereads.com/librarian-spy/

Thanks Hermina for passing this along!

The American Library Association’s National Library Week is coming up on April 19-25, 2020!

Why not celebrate this special time for libraries by writing a short piece about the history of your library?

LHRT News & Notes is eager to publish informal essays (even just a few hundred words) about histories of specific libraries. Perhaps you might even have a brief history already created for another purpose that you could refine for the blog?

Essays can offer a general history–or focus on one particularly interesting chapter from your library‘s chronicles.  Images and primary source excerpts are very welcome too.  See our Library Chronicles column for examples of past submissions.

Please send submissions to  lhrtnewsandnotes@gmail.com

Hoping to learn more about your library‘s history soon!

An interesting article which asks the question “Was your local library built with “blood” money?” and discusses the role of Andrew Carnegie in the development of public libraries in Canada. https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/01/14/philanthropist-andrew-carnegie-gave-libraries-a-solid-footing-in-toronto.html?fbclid=IwAR3MFRGeQ8bGG7KjYYKGpX_TePMu3586s0tor_PlUjs2586JHcR7oKB-BCk

Wow!  Allison Flood of the Guardian reports that “The Libro de los Epítomes was a catalogue for Hernando Colón’s 16th-century collection, which he intended to be the biggest in the world…”Full article