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New Online: Unique Collection of Censored Japanese Books

Posted by: Benny Seda-Galarza

The Library’s Asian Division has digitized an archive comprising more than 1,000 marked-up copies of monographs and galley proofs censored by the Japanese government in the 1920s and 1930s. The Japanese Censorship Collection reveals traces of an otherwise-hidden censorship process through marginal notes, stamps, penciled lines and commentary inscribed by the censors’ own hands. Each …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

That All May Read: Technological Innovations Extend Reach of National Library

Posted by: Benny Seda-Galarza

From braille to audio books, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has embraced technological innovations throughout its 85-year history to allow people with visual impairments and other disabilities to read texts all over the world. NLS is a free braille and talking book library service for people with low vision …