Libraries News

Whitfield County just received a new library. And better yet, 26 more are on the way to the region.

Florence Mugambi has a dream. She wants to see a library built in her small hometown of Ontulili, in rural Kenya.

The annual scheme, run by charity The Reading Agency, aims to get primary school children to visit libraries and share a range of books.

Children will be able to get up close and personal to creatures from Dudley Zoological Gardens when staff bring them along.

In an increasing digital age, it is more important now than ever to preserve our local cultural icons.

Residents still have three weeks to give their views on the future of Derbyshire County Council's mobile library service in a consultation to help the authority deal with budget cuts.

However, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is bucking tradition and giving patrons a chance to try new arts, crafts and exercise equipment through some recent pilot programs.

It's been a year since John Davis started offering a monthly Dungeons and Dragons game day at the Durham County Public Library's main branch.

The spaghetti was flying - as was the ketchup, mustard, whipped cream and Hawaiian Punch - Friday afternoon on the lawn of the Great Bend Public Library.

How would Amanda Knox's trial testimonies, interviews and other statements be interpreted if she were to use them to explain another crime? This story is fictional but the quotes are taken verbatim from court documents and interviews Knox has given regarding her involvement with the murder of Meredith Kercher.

As I wait in line at the Mission Branch of the San Francisco Public Library, a mother and her child ask the librarian about a new library card.

John VanLooy is rooting through books ready to be sold at the Friends of the Bay County Libraries' upcoming used book sale.

Management took out the red pens and started slashing. People lost their jobs, and services from street repairs to parks to libraries were cut deeply.

Lara Killian of Capital Health and library database manager Dave MacNeil came up with a new digital health pamphlet system for Halifax Public Libraries.

Approving a bill that has already passed the Senate, the House of Representatives has given its consent to legislation that lets U.S. consumers "unlock" their cellphones, rather than having them remain linked to specific service providers.

San Antonio Public Library officials on Thursday launched the first five installations of its Digital Library Project throughout the city.

BOOKWORMS are being encouraged to bury their head in a good book with the launch of this year's summer reading challenge.

Leaders at the Lansing area's library system would like patrons to know they have succeeded at doing more with less over the past three years.

Calvert presented a wide varsity of motions to the court. These motions included a request for photographs of evidence collected from Calvert's possession such as a red and white target, a personal safe and other items.

This has disturbing implications for both how the library protects its publicly funded collection and the negative perception created by issuing warrants for readers' arrest.