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 ...

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 ...

Springfield weather, "Wild Bill" Hickok's shootout on the square and a well at the heart of the city's founding have all been detailed.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE FORMED AT AN EARLY AGE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. FOR ME, THAT COMMUNITY WAS MY CHILDHOOD HOME OF WINTHROP MASS AND THE FROST LIBRARY HERE IN METCALFE SQUARE BUILT IN 1899, IT HAD A ...

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 ...

Last summer, someone from the Netherlands contacted the Tyler Public Library after finding an engraved World War II canteen belonging to a soldier who was buried in and whose relatives reside in Tyler ...

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 ...