A free book nook outside a Park Heights salon was stolen, leaving kids in a library desert without easy access to books.

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their ...

The Signals pattern was first introduced in JavaScript’s Knockout framework. The basic idea is that a value alerts the rest of the application when it changes. Instead of a component checking its data ...

Hanover's Guthrie Memorial Library is closed until further notice due to a broken pipe. The pipe burst on the third floor, causing water damage primarily in non-collection areas. Several library ...

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is launching a children's library program focused on works by Native American authors, according to a community announcement. The First ...

Six Oneida County men arrested and charged for their roles in an alleged assault Six men have been arrested following a three month long investigation stemming from an overnight assault in the Village ...

The Rochester Public Library has a collection of print and digital materials exploring the lives of people of African descent, according to a newsletter focusing on Black History Month. The newletter ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A library in rural Alaska needed help providing free Wi-Fi ...

The abrupt closure of the nation’s largest book vendor to public libraries has forced them to scramble to find alternative sources of material and adjust how they acquire books. Baker & Taylor, a ...

Iowa schools without in-house libraries could soon lack access to larger media collections as a bill banning partnerships with public libraries and bookmobiles moves forward. Dozens of people attended ...

A House committee on public schools advanced bills on Wednesday to move annual state testing to May, to increase teacher training time and to ban sexually explicit materials from school libraries.

Libraries are more than just places to borrow books — they’re community centers for learning, discovery, and connection. February is National Library Lover’s Month, so it’s the perfect time to ...