Augusta Baker, Master Storyteller

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Augusta Braxston Baker (1911-1998).  Baker began working at the New York Public Library (N...

Carnegie's First Academic Library

  Although Andrew Carnegie is most noted for his philanthropy as it relates to public library buildings, he also provided funding for the co...

Contagious Diseases and Library Books

In looking through my postal librariana collection for my previous post related to New York Public Library branch librarians, I came across...

NYPL Branch Librarians

I was recently contacted by Bob Sink about his new blog " NYPL Librarians ". As stated in the blog's banner: "This blog f...

LOC Philatelic Exhibit Receives Awards

I don't like to toot my own horn too often, but I was pretty pleased with myself when my philatelic exhibit at the St. Louis Stamp Expo ...

Innerpeffray Library, Scotland

The Innerpeffray Library in Crieff, Perthshire Scotland is Scotland's first free public lending library.  It describes itself as "...

First Catalog Cards

The first library catalog cards came about as the result of the repurposing of 18th century French playing cards. In 1789 the French revolut...