Editor’s Note: Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Enjoy!

Hailley

I’m a big baseball fan so this playful banter between the Kansas City and Toronto Public Library was pretty clever. Slate posted an article this week about how artificially intelligent software might be taking over the classroom. Chicago is getting an American Writers Museum in 2017 — I wonder if they need any librarians. And WOAH — a 3D printed violin.

Samantha B.

Get in a spooky mood for Halloween this weekend with this list of haunted libraries. Have you ever visited one of these supposedly spirit-filled locations? Could you muster the courage to work in one of these libraries after dark?

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