England's public libraries are being quietly eroded, according to a major new study from the University of Sheffield. With ...

In a community known for cross-country glory, the library is a vital resource for families who eke out a living in the fields. But city leaders want their crowded police force to move in. WHY WE’RE ...

Say the word "library," and you may envision a stuffy spot with librarians casting a “shhh!” toward anyone talking a decibel too loud for their liking. But LibraryTok is showing TikTok users that this ...

Participants at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Philadelphia last week sampled the profession’s digital technologies as well as hands-on innovations available in library spaces ...

A program this month encourages library patrons in Worcester, Mass., who have lost or damaged books or other items to reactivate their accounts. All they need is a picture of a cat. By Christine ...

Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, spend a lot of time online, consuming and creating digital content. Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Los Angeles library opened a time capsule from a century ago, but ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. The 1876 painting Incendie Alexandrie by Hermann Goll ...

Last month, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine archived its trillionth webpage, and the nonprofit invited its more than 1,200 library partners and 800,000 daily users to join a celebration of the ...

A library card and two minutes of setup are all that stand between you and a massive free streaming catalog. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make ...

The two largest agencies responsible for the language we use to discover books in libraries in North America — the Library of Congress in the United States, and Library and Archives Canada — are ...

At the end of October 2023, the UK’s national library, the British Library, took to social media to inform users that it was experiencing disruption to its services following an IT outage. Over the ...