A longtime Oakland librarian has shared an expansive collection of personal items including love notes, drawings, and photos left behind in library books over the years.

The Oakland Public Library has spent years collecting items its patrons have left in library books, from old photographs to love notes. The archive is available publicly on their website.

It started with a guy who had a dream – bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.

Archival photos of children’s reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years. Children reading at the Countee Cullen Public Library on 136th Street between Lenox and 7th Avenues ...