Think about the last time you needed to know something. You probably Googled it, right?But what happens when the internet gets shut down, books are banned, or entire governments decide what you can ...

Anke Gowda, whose library is open to everyone, recently received an Indian government award.

University libraries hold vast collections of scholarly work, yet most academic books are borrowed only a handful of times each year. A study published in the International Journal of Information and ...

A Clark-Pleasant librarian will embark on a trip to Europe to explore historic libraries and sacred spaces, thanks to a Lilly Endowment fellowship designed to spark teacher creativity. In her proposal ...

Deichman Bjørvika, the main library in Oslo, occupies a prominent site next to the opera house and the Munch Museum. Whereas many American downtown libraries favor classical design, Oslo’s is ...

Christmas arrived early for an Alabama public library entangled in a culture war controversy with the state library board that led to the loss of $22,000 in state funding last year. Since the start of ...

Es Devlin’s Library of Us at Faena Hotel Miami Beach was much more than an Instagram attraction. Photos by Oriol Tarridas Es Devlin’s Library of Us was one of the undeniable Instagram hits of Miami ...

Es Devlin’s The Library of Us has emerged as one of Miami Art Week’s most dramatic spectacles. The 20-foot-tall rotating bookshelf housing 2,500 books invites visitors to read and reflect in a quiet ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

Last Thursday in Montgomery, the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to move any book that discusses “being transgender” out of children’s and teen sections and into the adult stacks—“weeded ...

He held a presentation at the Monroeville Public Library on Oct. 13, where he donated a copy of his book, “Legal Guidelines for Covert Surveillance Operations in the Private Sector.” Published in 1992 ...