Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audiobooks, Dies at 95

Barbara Holdridge, who co-founded the first commercially successful spoken-word record label, one that began with the poet Dylan Thomas reciting his story “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and that led to today’s multibillion-dollar audiobook industry, died on Monday at home in Baltimore, Md. She was 95. Her daughter, Eleanor Holdridge, confirmed the death. Ms. Holdridge, … Read more

Niede Guidon, 92, Archaeologist Who Preserved Prehistoric Rock Art, Dies

Niede Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist whose work called into question a longstanding theory of how the Americas were first populated by humans, and who almost single-handedly transformed a hardscrabble region of northeast Brazil into the Serra da Capivara National Park, died on Wednesday at her home near the park, in São Raimundo Nonato. She was … Read more

American Library Association Sues to Stop Trump Cuts

The moves against the library institute stirred an outcry across the library and museum worlds. In a statement on Tuesday, Cindy Hohl, the president of the American Library Association, said the cuts amounted to an attack on democracy, civic engagement and free access to information. Ga6789 “These values are worth defending,” she said. “We will … Read more