Plans for a new Northeast Regional Library took a major step forward Tuesday as conceptual designs were unveiled during the Lafayette Public Library System Board meeting.

Libraries across the country are lending American Girl dolls, original artwork, musical instruments and ghost-hunting kits to ...

Inside a charred book, pages dotted in soot stains tell the story of how San Francisco rose to the epicenter of a gold rush. Barely escaping the 1906 earthquake, this book should’ve burned completely.

In 1951, not long after her breakthrough appearances in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” Marilyn Monroe went to college: She enrolled in a pair of 10-week classes at UCLA’s adult-extension ...

The San Diego central library. (File photo courtesy of the city of San Diego) Mayor Todd Gloria is proposing a nearly 5% cut to San Diego’s library system, a $3.4 million reduction that the head of ...

The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans remain stubbornly high, announcing that 2025 saw the second-highest documented level of book challenges, narrowly missing the top spot recorded in ...

LEBANON, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Lebanon-Wilson County Library is holding a unique fundraiser this month, where visitors can fill an entire bag with books and DVDs for just $1. The twice-a-year fundraiser ...

Readers can check out more than just books at the Bastrop Public Library. A seed library, located at the front of the Bastrop Public Library near the checkout counter, allows community members to take ...

Firing decision also follows director filing complaints on 2 board members, including chairman The books the majority of the board want moved to adult section include 'Welcome to Your Period' and 'The ...

Library director refuses to move 132 books to adult section because she says the board's decision violates 'First Amendment right of all citizens' What 4 of the books in question, "Pride in Sports' ...

A Tennessee librarian is facing discipline after refusing to move more than 100 books from juvenile shelves in a Rutherford County library, saying the board did not following proper removal procedures ...

The State Library of North Carolina is now in a partnership with Wake County Libraries aimed at bridging the gap to make reading books more accessible to people with disabilities. “This partnership ...