Libraries have been buffeted by a string of policies and executive orders in the first year of Donald Trump's second ...

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) joins the Public Policy & Advocacy Office (PPA) to strengthen ALA’s legal, policy, advocacy, and member support.

The program features pianist Yuka Nakayama-Lewicki and violinist Yuko Nakamura performing “Haru no Umi” (“The Sea in Spring”) and popular Japanese folk song “Hamabe no Uta” (“Song of the Seashore”).

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library is expanding what residents can borrow beyond books with its growing Library of Things. The Library of Things is a collection of items designed ...

For most people, the library is a place to find a good book. But as a librarian of 33 years, I see the library as so much more. The library is a vital community hub for connection, learning and ...

Central Library at 1301 Olive Street. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Public Library is ending an internet hot spot program in which it loaned out thousands of devices — and thousands weren't returned, ...

ST. LOUIS – A popular program designed to give internet access to locals in need is being cancelled. The St. Louis Public Library made 12,000 hotspots through its library system. “This tiny little ...

Readers and patrons of the New York Public Library have a gift to be excited about this holiday season – a $50 million donation from a pair of culture-loving philanthropists. Just months after giving ...

Turns out something can be overdue in some ways and still come together at just the right moment. A perfect confluence of time, place, and people. Such is the case at Simmons University, which in the ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s annual ‘Give a Kid a Book’ program is underway. According to a press release from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public ...

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