Signs are placed on the outside doors of city hall to advise visitors that the library as well as a restroom are closed because of meth contamination in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
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Terence Crowster, who has been an avid reader since he was young, solicited donations to start the Hot-Spot Library in Scottsville, Cape Town, so kids would have a safe place to connect with books. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Longmont, Colo., library director Nancy Kerr says libraries are always looking at new opportunities to connect people with information. Rae Ellen Bichell/Mountain West News Bureau hide caption
Lil Miss Hot Mess reads to children during a Drag Queen Story Hour in Brooklyn, N.Y. The event is held in libraries across the country, including, in the past, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
June Jo Lee's interest in food anthropology inspired her husband Philip Lee to create a publishing company that would bring books about good food to kids. Readers to Eaters hide caption
Archivist Amy McDonald invited some co-workers to help her re-create cherries jubilee from a university cookbook. But even with a historical paper trail, there were still things they couldn't figure out, like what to do after it starts flaming. Jerry Young/Getty Images hide caption
Mobile Internet "hot spot" devices are now the most popular item at the Spring Hill Library in Tennessee. Courtesy of the Spring Hill Library hide caption