Countless histories can be found on library shelves, including histories of libraries themselves. Reading library history can help us not only avoid repeating history but also better understand how ...

It would be hard to imagine growing up without a public library. No matter if you are in a large city or a small town, the public library has always been a place to discover new worlds. Within the ...

In March of 2008, the Joanne E. Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Family Technology Center, and Orradre Library (colloquially known as the Learning Commons, and/or University Library) opened its ...

Highlighted programs at Cecil B. Moore Library include waist bead workshops, author-led storytime, collage art sessions and ...

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

During the month of February, Madison Public Library locations will celebrate with book displays, programs, and different ...

LONG BRANCH - The public library's history room will be getting a colorful new look, including a mural of the city's history, thanks to a gift from the family of the late Long Branch historian who ...

{span}Melissa O’Neal,{/span} Tyler Public Library Board co-president, browses a collocation of books labeled “Genealogy by State,” at the Local and Family History Room ribbon cutting ceremony May 25.

Sue Bartow was already familiar with the Smith Library of Regional History when she took a course on genealogy through Miami University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement. She’d been there several ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...