This piece was previously published on Popula. On a cold Saturday last November I needed a place to work, and decided to head to a nearby branch of the Albany Public Library, a few blocks from my home ...

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 BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIMSELF, IS AMERICA’S ...

In the last decade, demand for digital collections at Sewickley Public Library has grown by 600%, and the need for meeting spaces within the library has more than doubled with patrons utilizing ...

WEST BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The future of West Baton Rouge’s public libraries is uncertain now that their renewal tax did not pass. “I first checked it about 8:30 and I thought, oh it’s going to ...

Over the last few years, public libraries have transitioned from being buildings that only store and lend books to being fully featured community centers. While today's public libraries are still ...

The trajectory of e-book usage in K–12 schools is well-known. Demand was ramping up in the mid- to late 2010s, then took off when Covid lockdowns necessitated a pivot to remote and hybrid learning.

ARKANSAS, USA — The future of public libraries across Arkansas is in question as Senate Bill 536 advances through the state legislature. The bill, which passed the Senate and now heads to the House, ...

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 ...

If you find yourself struggling to sort fact from fiction, you’re not alone. So much of today’s media arrives without clear sources. The underlying evidence—the primary sources—can be hard to track ...

Libraries have been around for nearly 5,000 years, and sometimes it seems like they haven’t changed much since, at least in the public imagination. You know: hushed, slightly musty spaces smelling of ...