The occupation of Butler Library in May represented an effort by a pro-Palestinian student protest group to regain momentum on campus.

Columbia University is coming down hard on pro-Palestinian students who took part in a recent takeover of Butler Library , the school announced on Tuesday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The director of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library has died at 51, the library said in a statement. John Spears, who was appointed library director in April 2… ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System announces 51-year-old Library Director John Spears has passed away from cancer.

Columbia University has expelled or issued lengthy suspensions to nearly 80 pro-Palestine students for the May occupation of Butler Library just days before final exams, a campus protest group anno… ...

The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library mourns the passing of 51-year-old John Spears after battling cancer.

A look back at the big-name speakers and educational programming at ALA's 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia.

John Spears, who was appointed library director in April 2022, died following a battle with cancer. He has spoken and published articles for the Western New York Library Resources Council, New ...

“I can speak out. I’m not going to lose my job and salary,” said Barbara Stripling, a retired academic librarian and former president of both the American Library Association (ALA) and New York ...

David Wright isn’t alone in New York, of course. Here’s my list of 10 what-ifs that can haunt you as a fan as little or as much as you like. To clarify: These are careers (besides Wright’s ...

Sewing machine? Power tools? Community? The new Coyotl + Macehaulli Tool and Book Lending Library in El Sereno has everything you might need — and much more.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, said that he and his wife were going to the African country where he was born to celebrate their recent marriage.