In a world overflowing with information, librarians are more than keepers of books and knowledge—they’re guides who help us ...

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books, including "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, that have been the subject of complaints from ...

The Wyandanch Public Library has hired an outside attorney to "address the matter of Kwaisi McCorvey," a library custodian who last month pleaded guilty to raping a teenager in 2016. Sources with ...

Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has now notified at least two witnesses to appear before a grand jury early next week in the investigation of former President Donald Trump's ...

After a year dominated by protests against police killings of Black Americans, the books on the list of the most frequently challenged titles of 2020 reflected the movement — and the backlash to it.

A global pandemic and a national reckoning with race and social justice helped turn 2020 into a record year for digital lending in public libraries, according to OverDrive, the leading digital ...

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 ...

Lindsey Dorfman and Ruth Hubbell both know a thing or two about leading a library through uncertain times. Hubbell, the Glenview Public Library’s first director back in the early 1930s, led the charge ...

Instead of a knock on the door, you may receive a call on the phone or a letter in the mail from a Jehovah’s Witness. Religious organizations known for their door-to-door ministry have tried a new ...

Ohioans love their libraries, at least according to one recently published national analysis of circulation and visits. A total of 31 of Ohio's 251 library systems — including five from central Ohio — ...

Each year, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry in order to preserve remarkable entries in the cinematic canon for future generations. This year, Christopher Nolan’s The ...

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 ...