The Library: A Fragile History, Andrew Pettegree & Arthur der Weduwen, Profile. The intriguing category of “books about books” is broad: it embraces many different aspects of making, owning, using and even destroying books. The meta-attractions of this meta-genre have caused a recent flowering of popular and scholarly titles, such as Susan Orlean’s The Library Book, Richard Ovenden’s Burning…

Writers as different as JRR Tolkien, Audrey Niffenegger and Jorge Luis Borges have stacked some of their most giddying visions on imaginary shelves. My book, The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders, began as an essay on writers’ libraries but quickly grew to encompass public and fictional ones as well. Ancient, modern and imaginary libraries have…

Hereford Cathedral: https://www.herefordcathedral.org/chained-library https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180706-the-ancient-library-where-the-books-are-under-lock-and-key Zutphen Chained Library: Chetham’s Library: Wimborne Minster: Other Chained Libraries: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chained-libraries-of-the-world

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Smithtown Building Closed Due to the storm that occurred during the early morning hours of August 19, which caused torrential flooding, our Smithtown Building suffered catastrophic damage to its lower level. Therefore, until further notice, our Smithtown Building will be closed while we continue to assess the damage and begin to rebuild.  Our other three…