Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. “A library is in a lot of ways ...

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

I got tired of searching for parts if I needed a stupid simple header for a design in Altium, so I made a library with a bunch of them. The initial release of this library is single spaced, 2.54mm pin ...

Federal funding cuts are starting to hit U.S. classrooms in unexpected ways, not just through delays from the U.S. Department of Education but through the loss of grants from cultural and library ...

In the early 2000s, the Wisconsin library system used some of its allocated federal funds to experiment with a new program: Libby, a platform where users can borrow e-books and audiobooks from their ...

CROFTON, MD ‒ Claire Holahan, 34, takes her toddler to the library once or twice a week for story time so she can play with other children and the library's toys. It's not until after bedtime that she ...

Libraries are more than just book depositories—they are vibrant community hubs, one of the last free public places where anyone is welcome. In recent years, library workers have been facing a myriad ...

The increasing ubiquity of e-books might be a good thing for avid readers, but walk into a library and you will hear a different story. Many libraries across the United States are locked in a battle ...

Advocacy organization EveryLibrary has shared some of its latest research on the status of library-related policymaking and patrons’ library usage across the U.S. In a summary titled “Codifying ...

COLUMBUS – Gov. Mike DeWine, long-considered an advocate for public libraries, signed the state budget into law late Monday that chops a state law that guaranteed libraries a portion of state tax ...

The new PBS Independent Lens documentary about America's public library system arrives with a very clever, two-edged title: Free for All: The Public Library. The "Free for All" part refers, of course, ...