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Toronto exhibit lets visitors tour the libraries of the world, virtually

Breadcrumb Trail Links Weekend Post Culture Books VR offerings include real libraries of the past and present, and a fictional one as well VR headsets are used in a library-like setting that is also a forest. Photo by Ex Machina Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” If that…

Ebook service Hoopla brings Holocaust denial and antivax books to libraries

An ebook subscription platform used by thousands of public libraries in the US and elsewhere is offering Holocaust denial, COVID disinformation, LGBTQ conversion therapy, and other conspiracy theory books, according to a report by Motherboard. Hoopla — a Netflix-like subscription service that libraries use for audiobooks, ebooks, and movies — serves more than 8,500 public libraries in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Titles on Hoopla included antisemitic books like Debating The Holocaust and A New Nobility…