Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025
Image credit: Montage of materials moving into the public domain in 2025. Duke Law Center…
Month: December 2024
Gold/Diamond OA 2025, Final Preview
Technically, it’s not yet midnight UMT, but it’s pretty close–and as far as I can…
The Library Workers Support Group: A Response to Workplace Trauma
Public Libraries Online Library workers, including librarians, facilities staff, and security personnel, face unique challenges…
New Yorkers can start 2025 with a meteor shower and great views of Mars – Gothamist
Stargazers can celebrate the new year by looking up at one of the briefest meteor…
The 31 Best New Year’s Eve Movies for Ringing in 2025 | Vanity Fair
What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Watching these festive films, from ‘When Harry Met…
Celebrating the New Year and Good Friends
May you start your 2025 in the company of good friends and may these friendships blossom in the years to come.
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Here’s to a Punchy New Year’s Toast!
Jennifer “JJ” Harbster, culinary specialist and head of the Library’s Science Section, offers up a selection of 18th and 19th century punch recipes to lend a vintage touch to your holiday celebrations.
Jimmy Carter: America’s Greatest Environmental President
Carter’s Legacy Jimmy Carter: America’s Greatest Environmental President Carter had a visionary understanding of the…
Public libraries reveal their most borrowed books of 2024 : NPR
These were the most-borrowed books from public libraries in 2024 December 29, 20247:21 PM…
Opinion | Ansel Adams’s unusual portrait of the Carters – The Washington Post
The Ansel Adams photo is the National Portrait Gallery’s only portrait of a first couple…
A Peek at Peak Picks – January 2025
We’re adding a dozen new books to Peak Picks in January! In fiction, Maggie Su…
The Room of Requirement – This American Life : Libraries
Stories of people who roam the stacks and find unexpected things that just happen…
