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| ====== Libraries ====== | ====== Libraries ====== |
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| ===== Oldest Library ===== | ===== Oldest American Library ===== |
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| In Franklin, Massachusetts, one of the country's earliest public libraries established in 1790, when locals distributed volumes provided by Benjamin Franklin. In 1731, the Founding Father established the Library Company in Philadelphia, but it demanded a subscription fee of 40 shillings.[([[https://www.sturgislibrary.org/oldest-library/|sturgislibrary]])] | In Franklin, Massachusetts, one of the country's earliest public libraries established in 1790, when locals distributed volumes provided by Benjamin Franklin. In 1731, the Founding Father established the Library Company in Philadelphia, but it demanded a subscription fee of 40 shillings.[([[https://www.sturgislibrary.org/oldest-library/|sturgislibrary]])] |
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| The New York Public Library publishes an annual list of the most frequently borrowed books. That book in 2021 was Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half, a New York Times bestseller that Barack Obama named one of his favorite novels of the year in 2020.[([[https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/barack-obama-favorite-movies-shows-music-books-list-2020-48071630|popsugar]])] | The New York Public Library publishes an annual list of the most frequently borrowed books. That book in 2021 was Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half, a New York Times bestseller that Barack Obama named one of his favorite novels of the year in 2020.[([[https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/barack-obama-favorite-movies-shows-music-books-list-2020-48071630|popsugar]])] |
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| | ===== Oldest Known Library ===== |
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| | The world's earliest known library was established in the 7th century B.C. for the Assyrian monarch Ashurbanipal's "royal contemplation." The site, located in Nineveh, modern-day Iraq, included a treasure trove of around 30,000 cuneiform tablets grouped by topic matter. The vast majority of its titles were historical papers, religious incantations, and scientific books, but it also included a number of works of literature, including the 4,000-year-old "Epic of Gilgamesh".[([[https://www.ool.co.uk/blog/a-brief-history-of-libraries/|ool]])] |
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| | ===== Most Frequently Stolen Books ===== |
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| | The Guinness Book of World Records and The Bible share the title for the most often stolen books from public libraries.[([[https://kottke.org/16/06/the-most-frequently-stolen-books|kottke]])] |
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| | ===== CIA Library ===== |
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| | Interested in working at the Central Intelligence Agency? Working at the CIA's library may earn you up to six figures![([[https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/05/news/economy/cia-job-librarian/index.html|cnn]])] |
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