When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

MOLINE ACRES, Mo. — The Lewis & Clark branch of the St. Louis County Library is closed until further notice after an incident involving gunfire near the building Wednesday night. Jennifer McBride, the ...

Following discussions of controversial policies, the Cromaine District Library in Livingston County, Michigan, decided to hire private security at its next board meeting this month. Earlier this year, ...

DELAWARE — Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in Delaware, his home state, according to a senior member of the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation. CNN reports a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina authorities have given the "all-clear" after initially warning the campus of a possible active shooter through its alert system on Sunday night. USC ...

Readers young and old celebrated the launch of the city’s first — and believed to be the country’s first — outdoor library at Jerome Park on Thursday, Aug. 21. The Jerome Park Outdoor Library, along ...

Kids (and parents!) of all ages can read books and earn prizes all summer long at Chicago Public Library. Kickoff events on June 21 feature crafts, music, hands-on activities and more. How do you keep ...

A new chapter begins for the Stanton Library after its eight-month-long renovation process has come to an end. The branch is back in circulation, reopening on Tuesday morning, June 3, ready to serve ...

On May 10, 2025, Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center hosts a day of mariachi music, Bollywood dancing and free books for children of all ages. Children are naturally drawn to ...

URBANA — Taliah Abdullah believes reading has “a way of building communities.” The executive director of the public library in Flint, Mich., saw this firsthand during her time as a school librarian at ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (April 22, 2025) -- The 3D printer inside the Robert C. McEwen Library worked fastidiously on creating a mask based on a popular video game, as patrons passing by looked to see the ...