A new use of technology by a support group for the Columbia Public Library holds the prospect of ushering in a new way of reading. In addition to its regular book sales, Friends of the Columbia Public ...

A brazen book thief stole hundreds of non-fiction titles from libraries and sold them on eBay and Amazon Marketplace 'for the buzz'. John Nicolaides travelled across the country on his 'unusual' crime ...

Heritage fans lamenting the loss of Birmingham’s brutalist Central Library can pick up a slice of its history for £500 a go. Large oak desks used by generations of Brummie students and academics to ...

A LIBRARY worker is being investigated by police after thousands of pounds worth of rare books and documents vanished from Manchester's Central Library. The losses came to light after someone ...

A town hall has raised more than £12,000 selling off unwanted library books over the past two years. Old stock from Manchester libraries has been passed on to a firm to be re-sold on websites such as ...

A LIBRARIAN who stole rare books from her workplace to sell online was jailed yesterday. Elizabeth Macregor, 57, even tried to burn some of the titles on a bonfire as police closed in. Macregor ...