Learn more. As the executive director of Portland Public Library, I witness the transformative impact of libraries every day. Libraries are far more than collections of books — they are dynamic ...

Perhaps the public library is an institution you take for granted. Or maybe you’re paying close to attention to how libraries, and the books they display on shelves, have become an unlikely ...

Overseen by the Reaching Across Illinois Library System and partially funded by the federal government, the books are shuttled between libraries and loaned out to interested parties in just a few ...

PORT ANGELES — Libraries across the North Olympic Peninsula are bracing for impact after the federal government cut funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Institute of Museum and ...

Cobb County leaders have removed Bret Easton Ellis' novel "American Psycho" from school libraries over what they say is "sexually explicit content." The novel, which was made into a movie in 2000 ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services supports a network of nearly 125,000 libraries and more than 35,000 museums across all 50 states. It does critical work in supporting the education and ...

The PBS series "Independent Lens" explores the crucial role of public libraries in new documentary. "Free For All" looks at the history of public libraries and efforts to ban books and reduce ...

With the internet putting a seemingly infinite supply of answers, arguments, and amusements at our fingertips, do we still need libraries? The question isn’t as rhetorical as it once seemed.

EVANSVILLE — Libraries in Indiana are still navigating how cuts at the federal and state level will impact them, but there are already programs on the chopping block. The Courier & Press reached ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana State Librarian Jennie Stapp is cautiously optimistic that an annual grant that benefits public libraries across the state will be fully funded amid turmoil at the ...

Following the success of last year’s Green Libraries Month, this year promises even more exciting events, talks, arts and crafts workshops running right across the county. Highlights include ...

“Ensuring students have access to a diversity of viewpoints in their school libraries is in the best interest of all students, parents and teachers.” The court has yet to set a new deadline ...