The library, on Borough Road, was opened in 1934 and was the country's first public library.

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Muneaki Masuda (No. 38), since taking his book store chain private in 2011, has been expanding physical locations, and even took over running his first public library.

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The new Digital Public Library of America (or DPLA) will be kicking off its first big pilot project at the Boston Public Library next month, and it's now gotten a big shot in the arm courtesy of the US National Archives.

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His first stop of the day was the public library, where someone had assembled an audience of about thirty high-school dropouts.

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Ever since it was all but razed to the ground by fire in 1871, Chicago has made every effort to use the opportunity to improve itself: one of the first buildings to be reconstructed was its public library.

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Now there was nothing special about their first wine made from a recipe in the public library.

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Once the move is complete and the library reopens in May, many of the works will go on permanent public display for the first time.

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