In order to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for all library users, the Western Michigan University Libraries (the “Library”) require all visitors to comply with the following general rules ...

Famed naturalist Charles Darwin amassed an impressive personal library over the course of his life, much of which was preserved and cataloged upon his death in 1882. But many other items were lost, ...

The act of collecting books has always carried a certain weight. Shelves once groaned with hardcovers that spoke of family traditions or personal passions. Today many of those shelves live in digital ...

As personal libraries grew in the 19th and 20th centuries, so did bookplates. A way of establishing ownership, the little pasted pieces of paper pressed on inside covers evolved into miniature works ...