Connecticut’s public libraries are thriving, according to two new reports from the state library. Libraries throughout the state have seen increases in audio downloads, non-library community meetings ...

HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE LIBRARY AND THOSE WHO RELY ON IT. HERE AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, PASSPORT SERVICES MAKES UP MORE THAN $60,000. THE LIBRARY’S ANNUAL BUDGET, BUT SOON WILL BEGIN LOSING ...

Because our libraries are stunning again. Northwest Portland Multnomah County Library (Bob Kerns) Set aside the fact that there are 19 library branches where any resident of Multnomah County can check ...

Facing a $300 million shortfall, MIT is tightening its budget by slashing the quietest corners of its Cambridge campus: the libraries. Three of MIT’s five physical libraries will be shuttered or ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Under the proposed Maine Regional Library System Public Library Agreement to ...

Small nonprofit libraries that operate with all-volunteer staffs object to the requirements. They will have three years to come into compliance. Under the proposed Maine Regional Library System Public ...

Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. “A library is in a lot of ways ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires. Credit: Greek Reporter archive Clay tablets, papyrus ...

People have long viewed libraries as peaceful havens filled with books. Yet their role stretches far wider. They are gathering points where people come together to learn and share. Today, a library ...

These nonprofit libraries function similarly to municipally run libraries, often receiving substantial local funding. While some independent libraries remain, others have been integrated into ...