The Laramie County Library System just launched a new community reading program titled One Book, One Laramie County. It is ...

Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding ...

Salt Lake City Library's staff are the first municipal library staff to unionize in the state following a collective bargaining agreement approved on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles County Library is launching a new free in-person tutoring program to support students in first through sixth grade. Following the success of the library’s Reading Stars and Summer ...

The program features pianist Yuka Nakayama-Lewicki and violinist Yuko Nakamura performing “Haru no Umi” (“The Sea in Spring”) and popular Japanese folk song “Hamabe no Uta” (“Song of the Seashore”).

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library is expanding what residents can borrow beyond books with its growing Library of Things. The Library of Things is a collection of items designed ...

For most people, the library is a place to find a good book. But as a librarian of 33 years, I see the library as so much more. The library is a vital community hub for connection, learning and ...

ST. LOUIS – A popular program designed to give internet access to locals in need is being cancelled. The St. Louis Public Library made 12,000 hotspots through its library system. “This tiny little ...

Readers and patrons of the New York Public Library have a gift to be excited about this holiday season – a $50 million donation from a pair of culture-loving philanthropists. Just months after giving ...

Turns out something can be overdue in some ways and still come together at just the right moment. A perfect confluence of time, place, and people. Such is the case at Simmons University, which in the ...

Before the DNA revolution of the early 2000s, genealogy was a study dependent on records. Tracing a line of heritage could hit a dead end if documentation had gone missing or been destroyed. But as ...

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