When people picture a school library, they still imagine rows of dusty books and students whispering behind tall shelves. But that image of silence couldn’t be further from reality. The modern library ...

ATLANTA — Georgia's 408 public libraries delivered an estimated $1.06 billion in services and economic benefits during fiscal year 2024, generating $3.75 in value for every dollar of public funding, ...

After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor, a major distributor of shelf-ready library books, will be closing in early January. They’re far from a household name, but if you’ve ever held a library book — ...

Jasmine Bond spends her weekdays working two libraries in one room that are separated by a movable partition wall. On one side, the Phoenix Public Library director teaches up to 10 classes of Coolidge ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with American Library Association President Sam Helmick about the importance of libraries in community life and our democracy. The theme of Sam's presidency ...

These nonprofit libraries function similarly to municipally run libraries, often receiving substantial local funding. While some independent libraries remain, others have been integrated into ...

For the last five years, Michelle Coleman has attended cooking and culinary education classes in a light-filled teaching kitchen at her local library in Boston. The kitchen, designed for hands-on ...

In the early 2000s, the Wisconsin library system used some of its allocated federal funds to experiment with a new program: Libby, a platform where users can borrow e-books and audiobooks from their ...

The ocean contains a complex ecosystem that starts with the small but mighty plankton at the skin of the sea. Krill eat the plankton, then small fish eat the krill. Larger fish, like tuna, eat the ...

The increasing ubiquity of e-books might be a good thing for avid readers, but walk into a library and you will hear a different story. Many libraries across the United States are locked in a battle ...