Libraries News

Friends of Jacksonville Public Library is holding a Book Warehouse Sale, with the proceeds going toward buying new books and other materials at the libraries.

A Detroit without a library is difficult to imagine. Tuesday will be a critical vote for the library and for the people who use it.

Rutherford County's Historian Greg Tucker retired from practicing international litigation in Washington and returned to his family's home county to raise beef cattle, soy beans, enjoy his grandchildren as well as search for truth in folk tales.

Greta Southard, director of the Boone County Public Library in Burlington, Kentucky, will take over the post of Jeff Krull, who is retiring after serving 28 years as ACPL director.

A memorial fund at the library in honor of the late Doris Snudden was used to purchase three colorful banners.

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WOOSTER, Ohio -- Neighbors on Burbank Road may notice a tiny little house in front of Dan and Keri Shuman's home; it's the first Little Free Library in Wayne County.

The diaries of war poet Siegfried Sassoon have been published online almost 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany.

Until the summer of 2013, the primary sources of technology support services at Fairfield University in Connecticut were the reference librarians and circulation staff at the DiMenna-Nyselius Library-not the technology help desk.

Little free libraries are small cabinets full of free books. You can leave one or take one.

Bay City resident Connie Homestead says she didn't tell her family she was coming to the 40th annual Friends of the Bay County Libraries' Used Book Sale this year.

The Stonington Public Library has received notification of a $12,000 grant from the Davis Family Foundation.

Michael Dourado was charged with indecent exposure after a 9-year-old girl and a librarian witnessed him touching himself in the library.

To mark 150 years of library service in the city, Oshawa Public Libraries is holding a street party and the entire community is invited.

The Georgetown Township Library offers public Wi-Fi access, but if you're looking for an outlet to plug in your tablet, good luck.

Government cuts have been blamed as Cornwall Council looks set to slash the mobile library service, leaving just one van serving the whole of the county.

The addition will double the size of the existing library. The groundbreaking for the new $2.6 million, 6,300-square-foot addition to the South Plainfield Public Library Wednesday evening seemed more like a celebration.

Libraries ACT is making tax time easier by providing access to the Australian Taxation Office e-tax 2014 program at each of their branches.

It was just more than a month ago that Fort Smith business and civic leaders said a concept similar to North Little Rock's Arkansas Innovation Hub was needed in the area and now the Fayetteville and Fort Smith public libraries have plans to introduce one aspect of the AIH concept.

Vancouver Public Library's central branch has been named by Travel + Leisure as one of the 20 most beautiful in the world - the only Canadian one to make the list.