TOKYO >> Local governments are turning more and more to public libraries as they try to revive the hollowed-out downtowns of regional cities. By providing areas for not only quiet reading, but also ...

Career books used to fill several shelves in a rear nook of the Harford County library in Bel Air, but not anymore. The shelves have often been barren over the past few months as the economic meltdown ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Several Northeast Ohio Carnegie libraries — including six branches of Cleveland Public Library — are set to receive $10,000 gifts as part of a new national initiative celebrating the ...

Libraries have become a focal point at the center of some of America’s most heated debates. They have pushed back against book bans that primarily target topics of racial injustice and diversity.

Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity. Tech companies are now tapping into an older repository of knowledge: the library stacks.

A new federal bill in Congress is aimed at improving prison libraries across the nation, while also helping prepare incarcerated people for their eventual release. The Prison Libraries Act, introduced ...