Reading the room: In the first general election after Republican lawmakers changed how libraries were funded by the state, voters across Ohio overwhelmingly moved to support their libraries. Of the 20 ...

In many parts of the world, remoteness is not only defined by distance. It may describe a mountain settlement far from infrastructure or an urban and suburban neighborhood on the margins of visibility ...

BOSTON (AP) — When David Arsenault takes down a worn, leather-bound 19th-century book from the winding shelves of the Boston Athenaeum, he feels a sense of awe — like he’s handling an artifact in a ...

These nonprofit libraries function similarly to municipally run libraries, often receiving substantial local funding. While some independent libraries remain, others have been integrated into ...

A cabinet is decorated with Bria Wright’s books, notes, and photos in her second grade classroom at Hortons Creek Elementary School in Cary. North Carolina school districts must now post online the ...

For the last five years, Michelle Coleman has attended cooking and culinary education classes in a light-filled teaching kitchen at her local library in Boston. The kitchen, designed for hands-on ...

A man sleeps outside of the Dallas Public Library on July 21. The library system is planning to close five locations over the next two years to save money. Dallas is set to close five branch libraries ...