Note: This post contains mentions of substance abuse and abuse. The library is a magical place to many, but there's a lot more to working in one than just shelving books and handing out library cards.

A sound that’s almost synonymous with visiting a quiet public library — the clacking of fingers on public computers — is slowly slipping toward possible extinction. In analysis of public library data ...

Fairhope Public Library has received $98,000 in community donations after losing $22,000 in state funding over disputed book ...

Though many Illinois libraries already have supplies of medications that can reverse opioid overdoses, a new state law will ...

All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women ...

FLOURISHING. WITH ALL THE SERIOUS CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC LIBRARIES TODAY, IT’S ALSO HELPFUL TO STEP BACK A BIT TO THE START. THE FRANKLIN MASS. PUBLIC LIBRARY, ENDOWED ORIGINALLY WITH BOOKS DONATED ...

The Montana State Library Commission voted 5-1 (with one abstention) in July 2023 to rescind its membership in the American Library Association because of the ALA’s then-president: a self-proclaimed ...

That is a great question, and a timely one, given the launch of the newly constructed Central Library in Seattle a few weeks ago. This is meant to be a flagship for the national library system, ...

The new law, which goes into effect January 1, will require all public libraries in the state to stock opioid overdose ...

Brooklyn Public Library is one of the nation’s largest library systems and among New York City’s most democratic institutions.

Brooklyn Public Library has reopened the Ryder Library in Bensonhurst after a three-year closure, unveiling a modern, ...

The moment I step into the Phoenix Central Library, I’m pulled back to 2004 — to being 11 years old, newly arrived in the United States with my father, both of us carrying more questions than answers.