Book Corners maps book exchange locations internationally. It currently lists 37,229 community libraries and little free libraries, including 15,926 in France. The programmer is Andrea Grandi.

Better late than never as high school receives library book 72 years late. Murray Bridge's Malcolm Blight held on to the adventurous The Kon-Tiki Expedition for more than 70 years, during which time he was inspired to undertake several journeys of his own.

Some highlights from special collections libraries' blogs this week.
Who Counts? A History of Voting in America
Flying Squirrels and Delicious Garlic: Animals and Plants in an Illuminated Early-Modern Miscellany of Ancient Japanese Poetry
Worth a Thousand Words: The Literary Map Painting Collection
Devotion in Print – Catholic Women and Their Books, 1500-1800

The Art of Japanese Publishing: An Online Exhibition of Japanese Illustrated Books from Princeton, 1660-1960
A Fleeting Impression: Multispectral Imaging of a Fifteenth-Century Paste Print
Applying Handwritten Text Recognition to Premodern Devanāgarī Manuscripts Promising, but still a work in progress
Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné An exhibition of beautiful and surprising paper art