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Fri May 31

Friday essay: the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot

Written by Stuart Kells, Adjunct Professor, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University

China's five-storey Tianjin Binhai Library occupies an area of 33,700 square metres with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves which can contain up to 1.2 million books.Roman Pilipey

Last year two Danish librarians – Christian Lauersen and Marie Eiriksson – founded Library Planet: a worldwide, crowdsourced, online library travel guide. According...

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United Kingdom Election Preview
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A Guide to Finance Automation Software

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How Freight Forwarding Simplifies Global Trade Operations

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