MONROE COUNTY — People judge each other. People need more human connection. Those beliefs motivated three local women to bring the Human Library to Monroe. Started 25 years ago in Denmark, the Human ...

There’s a multitude of activities lined up this weekend in metro Detroit. Among them is an event that offers a unique chance to confront stereotypes head-on: the Human Library. Here, you can engage in ...

Volunteers at a “human library” share their stories through conversations— sort of like a live, human memoir. The event’s organizer, Prairie Markussen, stands with Alejandro Joleanis, a volunteer who ...

Harvard Library says it has removed a book that's been in its collection for nearly a century that is partially made with human skin that was taken from a deceased hospital patient without consent.

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 ...

The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections. By Jennifer Schuessler and ...

Every avid reader has probably wished at some point that they could sit down and have a conversation with a character from their favorite book. The Human Library tries to do that by having “human ...

West Bloomfield Township — Avid readers got to check out a different kind of storytelling on Saturday at West Bloomfield Township’s Human Library. Taking a page from Denmark-based not for profit, 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 ...

Community members in Milledgeville helped move thousands of books into the newly renovated Mary Vinson Memorial Library, ...

Harvard University removed human skin from the binding of "Des Destinées de L'âme" in Houghton Library on Wednesday after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. French ...

After decades of controversy, the Harvard Library has removed the human skin binding one of the most notorious books in its collection, “Des destinées de l’âme.” “Harvard Library acknowledges past ...