CLEVELAND, Ohio — As Ohioans clamor for property tax reform and lawmakers take notice, libraries across the state are ...

A woman is pictured picking a book from a library shelf. Reporter Adam Webb has worked in and around public libraries for 18 years, and as the executive director of the Garland County Library, he says ...

2024 has seen many devastating budget cuts to libraries. Earlier this year, New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams proposed to cut more than $58 million from the city’s libraries. (After public protests, ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides grants to libraries and museums nationwide, has been effectively shuttered and its staff placed on administrative leave. This ...

There is little question that public libraries today are a vital institution—a point being driven home in cruel fashion as libraries around the country are forced to close in an effort to blunt the ...

David Leonard is president of the Boston Public Library. Although this is National Library Week, our nation’s libraries find themselves under threat. An executive order is effectively dismantling the ...

Most people say public libraries provide communities with essential resources for literacy and education, but the number of people who actually take advantage of library services may be slipping.

Libraries have been in flux since the dawn of the digital age. They face changes in the materials they provide, in use of their services, in the composition of their patron populations, and in demands ...

American libraries are buffeted by cross currents. Citizens believe that libraries are important community institutions and profess interest in libraries offering a range of new program possibilities.

The South Carolina Board of Education is scheduled to meet April 1 to consider removing these 10 books from school libraries statewide, as recommended by a committee of some of its members. Book ...