Libraries News

Trying to read every last book in an extensive series, or hoping to find a nonfiction volume that's not on the shelves at the Daleville Community Library? Unfortunately, patrons of the Daleville library don't have the option of requesting materials through the interlibrary loan program anymore.

BRANDON – Library patrons are being urged to “Take Flat Andy with you!” for a chance to win a $100 or $500 prize.

Minneapolis Police are asking for the public's help to find out who set fire to a "little library" on July 6. "Little libraries" look similar to mailboxes.

Trib Photo/Sue Tone Prescott Valley mother Janine Smith and daughter Erika, 12, visit the PV Library every two weeks, and have since Erika was a baby.

Franklin County's first Little Free Library, sponsored by Conococheague Institute in Welsh Run, will open with a ribbon cutting July 16. The library, measuring four square feet, is located in the back yard of a home at 11810 Mercersburg Road, Mercersburg, at the crossroads of Pa.

The Mount Airy Public Library opened its Meet the Author luncheon series on Monday featuring local writer Tom Perry, who spoke about his book, "A Dinky Railroad."

"Flying Around Book Ops" is a short video by photographer Nate Bolt featuring drone footage of the massive book sorting center in Queens, New York that provides material for the 150 branches of the New York and Brooklyn Public Libraries .

After several consecutive years of budget reductions, the Jacksonville Public Library has submitted to the mayor's office a request for more than $3 million in the 2014-15 budget compared to last year's budget.

SPOKANE, Wash. What was a new trend two years ago has expanded to more than 30 "Little Free Libraries" in the nooks of the Inland Northwest, from Deer Park to Coeur d'Alene.

As a child, one of my absolute favorite places to be was in the back of the children's section of Butman-Fish Library, seated next to a stack of books I had randomly grabbed off the shelves.

STRATTON residents can now borrow books from Grange Leisure Centre after the parish council introduced the new facility at a launch ceremony on Monday.

CHILDREN across Devon will have the chance to get involved in an exciting reading challenge in their local library this summer holiday, in conjunction with Devon County Council and the Reading Agency.

WAURIKA, Okla._The Waurika Public Library's summer program is about to get even better thanks to a huge grant they were awarded just last month.

CENTER POINT, Iowa- Supporters of a combined new library and community center in Center Point are very, very close to having all the money they need to start a $2.8-million dollar project.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has proposed a county budget for next year that is all about cuts.

Gov. Nikki Haley's veto of a bill intended to help South Carolina's public libraries keep disrupters out may stand because of a timing issue.

BRAUNTON villagers turned out in their hundreds on Saturday to strip their library of books in support of the Big Borrow.

DEPORTMENT classes might be a thing of the past for these former queens but their stories and history behind the Albury Floral Festival will live on.

It's a warm and inviting space with colourful couches, an Aboriginal knowledge centre, free wi-fi, timber storage for the books, cosy ottomans, designated study spaces and, of course, that view to the Jamison Valley.

Bellingham could purchase a site for construction of a new central library building as early as next year if the mayor's office and City Council approve more than $5 million in funding for the library's 2015 capital budget.