At a very special library in Copenhagen, Denmark, the "books" being checked out are actual human beings, who offer 30-minute ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONROE COUNTY — People judge each other. People need more human connection. Those beliefs motivated three local women to bring the ...

Palakkad (Kerala): What if a library lent out people instead of books? At the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, that question is no longer hypothetical. The prestigious engineering ...

Libraries are repositories of books, but Wilton Library is planning an event where the books are actually people. It’s the Human Library, where a group of people may be “checked out” to tell their ...

Harvard University announced it removed a binding made of the skin of a deceased woman from the 19th-century book "Des Destinées de l'Ame," which they house in their library. The book, written by ...

Spending quality time with a good book that opens up new thinking is always something readers strive for. Being able to have a one-on-one conversation with the author of that book to create a ...

PETOSKEY — The Petoskey District Library will be the first library in northern Michigan to provide “human books.” The job may not require sitting on shelves, but it does include a lot of learning.

PETOSKEY — Patrons can stop by the Petoskey District Library on Aug. 3 to check out a "human book," or people who have volunteered to offer their stories and perspectives. According to a press release ...