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 ...

From the North Korean surprise invasion across the 38th parallel into South Korea on June 25, 1950, that immediately triggered United Nations intervention to the Armistice Agreeme ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alex H. Poole, PhD, an associate professor of information science at Drexel’s College of Computing & Informatics (CCI), is the winner of two awards from the American Library Association’s (ALA) ...

Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagel Library and Environmental Learning Center is located in Wyandotte County Lake Park. While the Kansas City region is home to robust public library systems, it also boasts ...

Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library branch opened in 1898, designed by local architects as a home to both the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Museum. Central Library was ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Library has recently been in the news for the new 500-seat Library Center Hatch Auditorium and the new 22,000-square-foot Republic Branch Library. Great things are also happening behind the scenes ...