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This story has been updated. After years of trying to address the high costs of electronic and audiobooks for libraries, state representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would ban ...

Baker and Taylor is one of very few companies that do book-distribution for libraries — companies that act as the middle man between libraries and publishers. But a few months ago, the company ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From the moment Betsy Hardi laces up her shoes in the morning to when she locks the door behind her at night, her ears are filled with stories The ...

Smyrna and Murfreesboro library branches will be closed from Nov. 10-15 after Secretary of State Tre Hargett sent a letter requiring a full audit of the branches' juvenile collections within 60 days.