Note: This post contains mentions of substance abuse and abuse. The library is a magical place to many, but there's a lot more to working in one than just shelving books and handing out library cards.

Public libraries in Illinois now required to store anti-opioid overdose medications after a series of near-deaths - State law ...

Though many Illinois libraries already have supplies of medications that can reverse opioid overdoses, a new state law will ...

All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women ...

A sound that’s almost synonymous with visiting a quiet public library — the clacking of fingers on public computers — is slowly slipping toward possible extinction. In analysis of public library data ...

Fairhope Public Library has received $98,000 in community donations after losing $22,000 in state funding over disputed book ...

FLOURISHING. WITH ALL THE SERIOUS CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC LIBRARIES TODAY, IT’S ALSO HELPFUL TO STEP BACK A BIT TO THE START. THE FRANKLIN MASS. PUBLIC LIBRARY, ENDOWED ORIGINALLY WITH BOOKS DONATED ...

That is a great question, and a timely one, given the launch of the newly constructed Central Library in Seattle a few weeks ago. This is meant to be a flagship for the national library system, ...

Brooklyn Public Library has reopened the Ryder Library in Bensonhurst after a three-year closure, unveiling a modern, ...

Brooklyn Public Library is one of the nation’s largest library systems and among New York City’s most democratic institutions.