Third spaces are essential in today’s age of social isolation. Many of our nation’s public libraries have been transforming how they engage and serve the needs of their communities and have become ...

The documentary “Free for All: The Public Library” chronicles the role libraries still play in communities in the digital age, for both informational resources and for community connection. The public ...

The federal government shutdown, which begins today, will have cascading effects across the nation and our economy. For one, it will pause federal programs and slow support for services that many ...

Irvine recently hosted grand reopening events for the Heritage Park and University Park libraries to mark what Mayor Larry Agran referred to as a “new chapter” in the burgeoning city library system.

Baker and Taylor is one of very few companies that do book-distribution for libraries — companies that act as the middle man between libraries and publishers. But a few months ago, the company ...

Libraries have long been known as a place for shushing, where quiet was not only encouraged but enforced. But times have changed, and many libraries around the country are attempting to reinvent ...

There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

Young adults are finding it harder to borrow books reflective of their lived experiences in their schools and public libraries. It isn’t because these stories don’t exist — they do — but because ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that libraries can take books off shelves based on their content, reversing a district court’s decision in a case involving the Llano ...

ORLANDO — Upset that “pornographic” novels were in public school libraries, state leaders demanded administrators remove 55 books from their shelves, and Orange County Public Schools complied last ...

Three libraries could close and two other have their hours reduced amid cuts proposed by the council. The libraries facing the axe are Hollingbury, Rottingdean and Westdene. Jubilee Library could have ...

Douglas County residents have come together to create a network of over 150 Little Free Libraries throughout the community.