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 ...

Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, The Human Library Organization invites “readers” worldwide to engage in dialogue with “ human books ” to challenge stereotypes and reduce bias. Twenty-eight Fort ...

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 ...

On a recent Sunday morning, Rachel Dover visited Copenhagen’s Human Library. But unlike a traditional library where she would browse the stacks for a new read, the 58-year-old from Glasgow, Scotland, ...

The story was updated to correct the headline. When a friend of Tanya Evans told her that she was sure there were Afghan refugees in Northwest Arkansas but she just hadn't met any, it gave her an idea ...

The West Bloomfield Library promises more than just books for visitors on Saturday. Patrons will have a chance to borrow something truly unique: humans. "Human books" will be available in the main ...

Living Memoirs Project President Nikash Pradhan was browsing social media one day during his first semester of medical school and came across something that caught his eye. It was an advertisement for ...

SANTA CRUZ — Historically, libraries have served as windows to the world. By reading books, library patrons have had access to wide ranges of knowledge in a variety of areas, and this knowledge has ...