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Bernice Hembree says that the instrument library, and later the instrument fund to maintain those instruments, came about from listening to the needs of the people coming to the school. First ...
Welcome to the 2024 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries ’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Like the profession itself, library facilities are in a ...
FIRST ON FOX — The first national "See You at the Library" book reading event taking place this Saturday, August 5, is already experiencing pushback and dissent. Inspired by actor-writer Kirk ...
The bills all feature fairly similar protections: the N.J. law, for example, requires education boards and governing boards of public libraries in the state to establish and follow clear policies ...
President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, via email, a move that immediately drew sharp condemnation from her supporters. "President Trump’s ignorant decision will ...
Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman addressed the "utterly unacceptable" anti-Israel protest at Butler Library, promising severe consequences for the dozens involved.
Sondheim, who died at 91 in 2021, left the library more than 5,000 items from his long career as a musical theater composer and lyricist, including sketches, scrapbooks and more from shows like ...
At the end of every year, public libraries around the country assemble lists of the books most borrowed by readers. From Charleston, S.C. to Cincinnati, Ohio, from New Orleans, La. to Minnetonka ...
The New Bedford library has a 5-cent-per-day late fee. At that rate, someone returning a book overdue by 119 years would face a hefty fee of more than $2,100.
Beyond the library’s main atrium, beneath an enormous Jay-Z collage, now sits a full-scale replica of the main room from Baseline Recording Studios, where Jay-Z created some of his best-known songs.
The list of the library’s domains is long and impressive. The library runs the Congress.gov website, which aggregates all data and records from the legislative branch.