In the early 1900’s, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was known not only for his success with the Carnegie Steel Company but also for his passion for reading and education. He ...

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Central Library at 1301 Olive Street. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Public Library is ending an internet hot spot program in which it loaned out thousands of devices — and thousands weren't returned, ...

Representatives from Hancock County Community Foundation gathered for this photo in 2015 as they kicked off Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Hancock County. Pictured are, front row (from left): ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A beloved book program for young children in Fayette County will temporarily pause due to funding challenges. Families enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will still ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A robot named Pepper greeted visitors at the Aina Haina Public Library for the first time Wednesday. Pepper is responsible for greeting visitors, answering questions, ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library has launched a new lending program called the Library of Things, offering items beyond traditional books and media for patrons to check out. The ...

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 ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s annual ‘Give a Kid a Book’ program is underway. According to a press release from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public ...

A Bergen County library's unique wedding dress lending program will be ending this week — and going out with a final Black Friday gown giveaway. Fair Lawn's Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library will ...

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 ...

The show itself features works by 35 artists, placed around the Central Library’s Grand Lobby. Films by Asad Raza and Ilana Harris-Babou play, while Be Oakley / GenderFail Press present An incessant ...