We can reliably count on a major event to top this list each year. But nothing compares to the Covid-19 pandemic that has so far claimed some 300,000 American lives, and in March forced a historic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Throughout 2020 — a year that brought profound change amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic — New Yorkers relied on books offering perspective, comfort, and hope, according to ...

Overdrive has reported that libraries all over the world have collectively loaned out over 289 million ebooks, which is a 40% increase from 2019. This is primarily due to the global pandemic, since ...

Winter, the COVID-19 pandemic and homelessness don't make a good combination. The YMCA and Southeast Healthcare, which provides services for substance abuse and homeless people, have sounded alarms of ...

WASHINGTON — Director of Fort Knox’s Barr Memorial Library, Michael Steinmacher (center), accepts the Federal Library and Information Network 2020 Small Library of the Year award from Dr. Carla Hayden ...

The last year was a hard one, but it was a great time to read lots of books—to fill the time, to cope with anxiety, and to learn more about our world. According to DC Public Library, 2020 found ...

The library’s mission statement charges us with being a gateway to ideas, and in a year when we had to close our doors, we kept that gateway firmly open. 2020 was a year where we distilled the essence ...

In 2020, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library increased its global reach and found new ways of working with the UN community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our diverse Library activities, resources and ...

For patrons of Knapp Branch of the Detroit Public Library, the services go beyond borrowing books. Karen Plochinski has been visiting the small building on the northeast side of Detroit since she was ...