Thousands of irreplaceable books feared lost in German library ...
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WEIMAR, Germany German officials are trying to determine exactly what was lost in a blaze at a library housing some the country&#39;s most prized books.
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A fire at a historical library in Germany destroyed many more rare books than previously thought.
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Up to 30,000 irreplaceable books were destroyed in a fire Thursday night at one of Germany&#39;s most historic libraries, although thousands more were spirited to safety by a chain of people.
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Polish officials say that legal documents compiled in a new book bolster their ownership claim of drawings by Renaissance master Albrecht Durer that were looted by the Nazis during World War II.
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A fire in one of Germany&#39;s most historic libraries has destroyed up to 30,000 rare books. &quot;The destruction of many thousands of books, particularly from the 16th to 18th centuries
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More than 160,000 artifacts have gone missing from Russian museums in the last 80 years, according to an inventory ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the government said on Tuesday.
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Papers in Germany reflect on the lessons of the Holocaust
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MSU librarians considered it a feat a few years ago when they managed to get dozens of centuries-old cookbooks online. So folks there were a bit stunned by the news that the
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Germany's culture minister and top museums called Monday for more transparency in the return of paintings stolen by the Nazis, responding to concerns that the nation's galleries risk losing scores of valuable ...Comment
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A fire that ripped through one of Germany's most precious historical libraries destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of irreplaceable books, although about 6,000 works, including a 1543 Martin Luther Bible, ...
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Germany's National Library is now fully licensed to duplicate copy protected electronic books and other digital media such as CDs and CD-ROMs. The object and scope of the agreement seems pretty limited, anyway.
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A three-week scramble to find two handwritten manuscripts by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges worth nearly $1 million ended on Monday when they were discovered in the bookstore that had reported them missing.
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THE entire collection of the worldâs books, scholarly works and treasured manuscripts will soon form a vast online library free to anyone with a home computer, experts said yesterday, after a revolutionary move announced by Google, the internet search
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Parting with treasured books can be hard enough, but then there is the problem of what to do with them.
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A cache of privately made recordings from the late pianist William Kapell has surfaced, a find that music lovers are calling an incalculable treasure.
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A few simple keystrokes may soon turn blather into books. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a way to enlist people across the globe to help digitize books every time they solve the simple distorted word puzzles commonly used to register at Web sites or buy things online.
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Some 40,000 volumes damaged in a fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Germany, September 2 have been transported to the Book Preservation Center in Leipzig for deep-freezing and eventual ...