Between the proverbial front and back covers of every library lives a wealth of services and community-building tools. Rural communities often rely on these services to a far greater extent than their ...

Recently, I had the chance to re-re-read one of my intellectual heroes, Jesse Shera. He’s probably most closely associated with the origins of social epistemology, the study of what a society knows ...

Inside the august Beaux Art building on Lower King Street, visitors are bound to find all manner of words. They find their home on fine paper, leather-bound and beautified with embossed gilt. They ...

‘… the Library is probably dearest to my heart, for it keeps alive the history of "the long march to equality".’ - Mary Stott, 1987 The Women’s Library is the ...

Kolkata is home to several historical buildings that are an integral part of the city’s heritage. Among them are a few reading rooms in libraries that date back as far as the 1800s. They have rare ...

Located in the small Latvian town of Bauska, the composition of this winning proposal for the library was dictated by low-rise surrounding buildings and the wish to save valuable heritage on the site ...

Roswell Encina, the former chief communications officer for the Library of Congress, will be the fifth president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society beginning next month. Encina was ...

The London Public Library in southwestern Ontario is standing by its decision to block The Society for Academic Freedom from holding an event featuring controversial British author and commentator ...