SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Public Libraries are extending their reach beyond the library walls, engaging with the community through various outreach programs. Tom Walters, a representative ...

The 1000 Libraries Awards launched in 2023, to spotlight beautiful libraries and champion the written word in the digital age. The Library of Trinity College Dublin won the 2023 and 2025 awards based ...

One town’s effort to make pricey items accessible and encourage people to buy less stuff seems to be catching on. Credit... Supported by By Cara Buckley Photographs by Ryan David Brown Reporting from ...

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 ...

Baltimore County Public Libraries have begun distributing naloxone at all of their branch locations, according to a post shared on the library system’s social media pages on Wednesday. Naloxone, ...

The ocean contains a complex ecosystem that starts with the small but mighty plankton at the skin of the sea. Krill eat the plankton, then small fish eat the krill. Larger fish, like tuna, eat the ...

A pilot program allowing parental control over library book access is expanding to 10 Maricopa County libraries starting Aug. 1. The program allows parents to restrict up to 10 specific titles their ...

Libraries are more than just book depositories—they are vibrant community hubs, one of the last free public places where anyone is welcome. In recent years, library workers have been facing a myriad ...

The increasing ubiquity of e-books might be a good thing for avid readers, but walk into a library and you will hear a different story. Many libraries across the United States are locked in a battle ...

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA), in collaboration with World Education, a division of JSI, announces the selection of eight libraries to participate in the transformative “Libraries ...

Proposed legislation would pressure publishers to adjust borrowing limits and find other ways to widen access. By Erik Ofgang It’s hard to imagine a library that doesn’t carry “Fahrenheit 451.” But ...