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Harvard University removes human skin binding from book after more than 90 years
Prestigious Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.


Academic libraries in the United States
This report presents graphs and tables on academic libraries in the United States, with data from 2016. It offers information on library holdings, circulation, staffing and operating hours ...


Harvard library removes human skin from book binding
Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.


University Library
The Gallaudet University Library provides students, faculty, and Gallaudet visitors with the best information resources Gallaudet has to offer. Patrons can browse and borrow our extensive print and ...


Libraries and Collections
The library serves scholars from across the United States and around the world. The Brown Library holds more than 250 special collections, each home to rare, primary-source materials that enable rich, ...


Starting a Library in 2024: Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities
In 2019, there were a little more than 392 visits to the library for every 100 people in the United States. The number of people visiting libraries peaked in ...


Dead woman's skin used for binding books at Harvard, university apologises
It has been more than a century since the massive halls of Houghton Library in Harvard University have kept a book on one of its shelves which was bound using human skin.  The book, which has been ...


What Libraries Risk When They Go Digital
Digitization has widened library access, but the cyberattack on the British Library shows that it comes with risks.


University Library Strategic Plan
The Library’s Strategic Priorities (SP) for the next five years are focused on the following themes: SP1 - To contribute to the delivery of an outstanding educational experience at Newcastle ...


University Library System
The University Library System (ULS) stands at the center of intellectual life at the University of Pittsburgh, fostering connections and knowledge creation and dissemination that help faculty, ...


Harvard University removes human skin binding from book
Harvard University has removed the binding of human skin from a 19th Century book kept in its library. Des Destinées de l'Ame (Destinies of the Soul) has been housed at Houghton Library since the ...


University Library
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