Be honest — when was the last time you visited your local public library? And we're talking in person here, not the via the magic of the silver screen, or the wonder of your Harry Potter daydreams. If ...

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

Two letters were recently posted on the Rockford Register Star website: “Library property should not be cleared for commercial development” by Sylvia Pagel; and “While Durkee's views are valid, ...

Throughout my ever-morphing career as a Books Person, I have been lucky enough to work in many different professional roles. I've been a design assistant at a university press, an editorial intern at ...

If you could ask Ben Franklin what public institution he would like to visit in America today, I bet he would say the public library. And if you asked him which part of the library, I bet he would say ...

At the turn of the 20th century, San Antonio’s first public library was born of the efforts of women who strongly believed the city needed a free institution. Before that time, literary societies lent ...

The City of Chattanooga’s Department of Technology Services and the Chattanooga Public Library announce the recent launch of a new chattlibrary.org. Along with a fresh, modern look, the new website ...

With voter approval of a $14 million bond referendum for a modern public library in the rearview mirror, Maitland city officials are looking ahead and expect to have it open in three to four years.