Libraries are grappling with escalating costs and restrictions on e-books and audiobooks, presenting financial challenges for these essential institutions. For example, a hardcover copy of a popular ...

As we stride into the next decade, the future of libraries is inevitably intertwined with the evolution of technology. From innovative ways of ingesting information to the challenges of archiving and ...

The program allows patrons to book 45-minute sessions to get hands-on technology help with one of the library’s two digital ...

Patrons expect more from libraries’ digital collections—from customized recommendations to instant title availability. At the same time, onerous licensing agreements make it more difficult for ...

Bookshelves have become battlefields in recent years. Challenges to materials and calls for book bans have climbed to levels previously unheard of across the country as culture wars stoked by ...

Nowadays with coronavirus, public libraries look more like meal distributors, emergency childcare centers, makeshift homeless ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As Ohioans clamor for property tax reform and lawmakers take notice, libraries across the state are collectively holding their breath. The public institutions began 2026 with new ...

In a time where their programs, resources and spaces are seeing more and more of a need, New York State libraries are facing their own challenges right now. "I would say that libraries are weathering ...

Access to library materials in Iowa has significantly expanded thanks to the Bridges Consortium, which pools resources of ...

IN SPRING OF 2023. THE BOOK WAS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT VAGINAS, WHICH IS A BOOK ABOUT PUBERTY FOR YOUNG GIRLS. I WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUALIZING CHILDREN BY HAVING MATERIALS LIKE THIS IN THE LIBRARY. SO ...

Nagpur: In rural Nagpur, abandoned halls and dilapidated schoolrooms once stood as quiet markers of neglect. Today, many of ...

Massachusetts Democrats are leading a pushback against what they call "politically motivated book bans" with a bill that would set new rules for challenging books in school and public libraries. The ...