A bill that would require public library employees across Utah to get criminal background checks, or their libraries could lose state funding, has passed its first legislative hurdle. House Bill 284, ...

For months, a group of conservative Christians have inundated the staff and board of a public library in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with complaints about books they didn’t want to see on the shelves. Their ...

For the past 17 years, Jennifer Schultz worked for Scott County, but never in a library. That all changed in October, when she was named the new Scott County Library Director. “I don’t have a library ...

Karla Trout grew up in a house without books. When she first became a library director in late 2001, her own library card was expired. Not only was she without library work experience, she hadn’t ...