Libraries News

A woman fills a syringe as she prepares to give herself an injection of insulin in a file photo.

Summer is around the corner, and it's time to stock up on all your summer beach reads.

Within three months of Louise Goldsmith becoming leader of West Sussex County Council in May 2010 she was tasked with the unenviable challenge of securing A 79M worth of savings.

The stories of a dyslexic hero and a little girl who overcomes her family's fear of a stray dog won two of Britain's most coveted children's literature prizes on Wednesday.

Service cuts and changing habits: Libraries in Lincolnshire are facing more than A 1.9 million budget cuts, with up to 170 jobs at risk and only a third of locations remaining.

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Help with mental health issues on offer at Gloucestershire libraries in Cirencester and Stow-on-the-Wold thanks to the 2together NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire County Council PEOPLE suffering from mental health problems such as stress, anxiety, depression or panic attacks are to get a helping hand with a new scheme being run through ... (more)

Looking for something to do during this hot summer, but short on time or funds? Well the Hightower Memorial Library and Yatesville Public Library have your free or discounted ticket to five exciting fun attractions across Georgia.

The "Fahrenheit 451" author was born in the Chicago suburb in 1920. He died last year at age 91. The library found out after Bradbury's death that he had bequeathed it his collection.

Edgartown School students joined town and library officials Monday to celebrate the first visible marker of Edgartown's new library: a sign announcing the beginning of the project.

BOOKING ON JOBS: Senator Jack Reed addresses a group of trainers in the Digital Literacy class at Cranston Central Library on Friday.

Looking on are library director Diane Greenwald and public service manager Jana Stevenson.

Gerald Selby was first appointed as senior assistant librarian in Doncaster in 1938 and from 1940-45 he served in the Royal Navy as a signals officer.

James Leary of UMass Medical School said study after study has shown there's a direct correlation between early literacy and success later in life.

A new mobile library timetable is being rolled out by Bath & North East Somerset Council to improve the service in line with its Community Library Programme.

The Echo revealed on Thursday that Sunderland Council plans a shake-up of the service, aimed at saving A 850,000.

The city of LaFayette rejected a proposal from the county during its monthly meeting Monday, June 10, to take out a loan to cover the cost of the remainder of the LaFayette library renovation project.

F ive-Year-old Haylee Mills knew what she liked about the puppet show: Everything.

Four Charleston County schools will receive $5,000 grants to improve their libraries.

Can books help war-torn lands heal from conflict? A new international initiative to save historic manuscripts in Mali may mark one step toward rebuilding and reconciliation in that conflict-ridden country.