The Columbia Public Library launched its county-wide bookmobile in the 1930s. The two forces behind it were Lucy Hampton ...

The world’s oldest known library, the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, in what is today Iraq, was created in the seventh century B.C.E. to store clay tablets used for recordkeeping. Its librarians ...

Chennai: Entering the century-old Goschen Library in Chintadripet feels like a seamless blend of time, with worn copies of ...

Nearly 20 years ago, Google made an ambitious play to digitize the content of some of the world’s largest research libraries. It seemed like the beginning of a new era, when scholars and the public ...

As a longtime lover of the library, I’ve never spent any time in Pikes Peak Library District’s historic 1905 Carnegie Library, located in the northwest corner of Penrose Library. That has changed. The ...

In California’s 175 years of statehood, there’s been one place dedicated to preserving the history of our state.

New year, new hobbies” is a series of features about inexpensive or free hobbies to try in Hancock County in 2026. Discover ...

The push to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores throughout the country remains strong. Pioneering actor, author, and activist George Takei has been named honorary chair of Banned Books ...