The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) François-Mitterrand site is marking its 30th anniversary with a special philatelic issue from La Poste, set to be released on November 9, 2026. The stamp block and accompanying souvenir will be available in advance from November 5 to 7 at the Autumn Philatelic Fair in Paris. The design, created and engraved by Elsa Catelin, features the unique architecture of the François-Mitterrand site, designed by Dominique Perrault. The site includes four 80-meter towers shaped like open books, a one-hectare forest garden, and a large esplanade. The block features a photograph by Élie Ludwig, with a glossy varnish applied to some architectural elements. The stamp block, printed in intaglio and offset, measures 120 × 90 mm, with a stamp size of 40.85 × 30 mm. A total of 330,000 copies will be produced, with a face value of 3.10 €. The philatelic souvenir, composed of a stamp sheet and a card, will be printed in 20,000 copies and sold for 5 €. The souvenir will be available at the Autumn Philatelic Fair and later through Philaposte, La Poste's philatelic branch. The François-Mitterrand site, open to the public since 1996, houses millions of documents, including imprints from the 16th century to the present, audiovisual productions, and since 2006, the French web as part of the legal deposit. The site also hosts research spaces, reading rooms, and exhibition areas. In other library-related news, the Russian Ministry of Digital Development reported that up to 70% of municipal funds could be removed from general access if a recent practice of control were generalized, affecting municipal libraries due to books published with the support of organizations deemed "undesirable." In Nancy, 16 temporary staff members at the Manufacture library stopped working to demand the conversion of their temporary positions into fixed-term contracts, citing issues such as a broken elevator and poor lighting. At SNCF, the Central Correspondence Lending Library, which has been sending books to railway workers and their families since 1986, faces disruption due to the disappearance of internal mail. The Hachette-BnF collection, launched in 2014, has expanded to include the holdings of six major French heritage libraries, allowing thousands of rare or out-of-print works to be ordered in bookstores and printed on demand. The Departmental Library of Ille-et-Vilaine introduced the Facilomètre, a tool to identify books suitable for a "Easy to Read" collection. The Vatican announced the construction of a new building for the Apostolic Library and Apostolic Archives, while the Swiss National Library is preparing a 225 million € renovation and expansion, expected to begin in 2027. In Mexico, the government allocated 50 million pesos to renew public library collections, favoring independent, small, and medium publishers. Aix-en-Provence closed all its municipal libraries due to bed bugs, while Roubaix introduced a more ecological bibliobus, the "Zébron." Several cities in France, including Perpignan and Les Herbiers, are opening new libraries for the 2026 school year. In Japan, 90 libraries will showcase 600 books related to the sea and oceans in a permanent exhibition at the digital museum MOON. In the United States, Ingram Library Services and Penguin Random House launched an on-demand printing offer for libraries, while ThriftBooks introduced LibraryAdvantage. In Shanghai, the Shanghai Library received 22 incunables from the Chengding Hall collection. In other developments, the Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the University of Montreal acquired seven patrimonial documents, including a Carolingian fragment dated around the year 900. In India, an "human library" project in Karnataka, where people affected by mental disorders share their experiences, is being considered for expansion. The European report on the role of libraries, developed through open coordination with representatives of 27 member countries, aims to highlight their cultural, social, and economic contributions. In France, Marie Desplechin was reappointed as president of Bibliocité, and the BnF François-Mitterrand site's renovation costs were estimated at 527.6 million €. In the United States, eight independent bookstores raised concerns about potential threats to bookstores from a presidential memorandum on anti-terrorism policy. In Argentina, independent bookstores reported a 41.5% drop in turnover, prompting calls for a "library emergency." In Japan, a manga passport initiative in Shirakawa aims to bring children back to libraries.