East Hampton Village’s quiet library is providing the hamlet’s loudest controversy.

In a decision that some are ripping as elitist and exclusionary, the tony village’s zoning board last week rejected a bid to expand the enclave’s tiny Main Street building by roughly 6,000 square feet.

Livid library officials say the board rejected the project to avoid having children from less sparkling areas of East Hampton Town pour into an inviting new facility.

"The old guard is scared that the Latino kids and their parents from Springs are going to invade their precious downtown area," said one seething library source. "It’s really that simple." [read more at nypost.com]

Until this week, hacking an iPhone was like jaywalking for techies: easy, common and illegal.

But the Library of Congress has legalized this hacking -- known as "jailbreaking" -- and given amnesty to the millions of users who have already done it.

Jailbreaking allows savvy iPhone users to hack into their devices and run applications that weren't approved by the official Apple app store.

It's a popular process that's been an open secret since the smart phone premiered. Apple, known for its tight control on all products, has responded by refusing to honor warranties for jailbroken devices.

The Library of Congress decision has been interpreted as a victory for the amateur who wants some say -- and maybe some pay -- for altering a device's capabilities and vulnerabilities. Companies already shell out cash to "bug hunters" who alert them to security gaps.

It's also a victory for open-source software, which emphasizes the community in improving software rather than one-size-fits-all corporate management [read more at post-gazette.com]

On the street, kids call Jenna Kahly the "library lady."

The youth librarian at Moorhead Public Library, Kahly leads weekly story times and craft projects and helps kids and teens find books.

“It’s really fun when kids come in. I get a lot (of) "Hey, I know you’ because I visit the schools several times a year and talk to the kids about libraries and the programs we have and try to get them to sign up for library cards," she said [read more at inforum.com]

Books, videos and soul mates: just some of the services provided by your local library.

Starting July 23, the Poudre River Public Library District is trying its hand at playing Cupid with the inaugural "Speed Dating for Booklovers."

Communications manager Paula Watson-Lakamp said the event is an innovative way to create more interaction with the library and help people "find their special book lover." [read more at coloradoan.com]

More and more, it seems the future of libraries has no room for actual books. And a new Stanford University library is welcoming this book-less future with open arms.

The new engineering library at the college, set to open in August, will have 85% less books than the one it’s replacing -- a drop from 80,000 to a mere 10,000 books [read more at designtaxi.com]

Finances come in many different forms.

“Capital markets, credit, saving, investing, special security, retirement planning,” says McGraw-Hill Companies Chief Executive Terry McGraw.

If that list alone was enough to make your head spin, luckily there's a place you can go for help. The New York Public Library has created a financial information hub at the Science, Industry and Business Library on Madison Avenue. The recently-unveiled Financial Literacy Central contains more than 1,500 books on a variety of financial subjects.

“People still read books,” says New York Public Library President Dr. Paul LeClerc. “They still use books. They still take books out.”

But books are only the beginning. Patrons will also have online access to business and financial databases, including Standard & Poors, which is part of the McGraw Hill Companies. McGraw says understanding investments is more vital than ever because as Americans live longer, we need to make our money go further [read more at ny1.com]

Houston County Friends of the Library donated $39,000 to the Houston County Public Library system Monday.

The money, which was earned during the group’s annual Old Book Sale in April, will be used to buy more children’s, young adult, reference and audio books at the libraries [read more at macon.com]