These nonprofit libraries function similarly to municipally run libraries, often receiving substantial local funding. While some independent libraries remain, others have been integrated into ...

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors directed the changes without a formal vote, calling them administrative in nature. Proponents cite parental rights and religious freedom, but courts have said ...

Two libraries at USC's University Park Campus were closed Sunday after a reported bomb threat. The libraries were declared safe following an LAPD investigation, according to campus police. Both ...

Former President Biden selected his home state of Delaware as the site for his presidential library, tasking a group of friends and former aides with beginning a fundraising push to complete the ...

Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in his home state of Delaware, and is set to start a fundraising push to fund the effort soon, according to a senior member of ...

New Yorkers in almost a dozen neighborhoods will now have the opportunity to beat the Sunday scaries by picking up a good book. Starting this weekend, seven-day service will expand to 11 more public ...

A headteachers' union has dismissed a Plaid Cymru pledge to put libraries in all primary schools as "short-sighted" and a "red herring". Announcing the policy, Plaid education spokesperson Cefin ...

Public library directors in British Columbia say they are reaching a breaking point with rising demand and costs as provincial funding remains stagnant. Cari Lynn Gawletz, chair of the Association of ...

When B.C. Premier David Eby came to Grand Forks last year on the campaign trail, Cari Lynn Gawletz got his ear for a few minutes to chat about one of her passions: library funding. That $45 million ...

The members of the board of the Paul Smith Library in Shrewsbury faced a classic rock-and-hard-place situation. The library is currently what's called a member library of the York County Library ...

For the last five years, Michelle Coleman has attended cooking and culinary education classes in a light-filled teaching kitchen at her local library in Boston. The kitchen, designed for hands-on ...

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