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The NGI Zero Commons Fund provides grants to people who help build the digital commons. Because all projects are free and ...

Care to add 150,000 titles to your TBR list? The former College of Saint Rose’s expansive library collection, which includes antique Bibles and publications from the 1600s, is up for sale. Albany ...

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