PEORIA — Though the Peoria Public Library is celebrating its 135th anniversary, there actually has been a library in Peoria for 160 years. For one year, beginning in 1855, there were two subscription ...

Laura Irmscher, the Boston Public Library's chief of collections strategy, displays Albrecht Dürer’s 1504 engraving "Adam and Eve.” It's estimated that the engraving, one of the two pieces previously ...

The first thing you notice about the renovation of the second floor of the Johnson Building at the Boston Public Library’s central Copley Square facility—which officially opens with a ribbon-cutting ...

The Aggiornamento Award, established in 1980, is presented by the Parish and Community Library Services Section through the Aggiornamento Award Committee. It is awarded annually in recognition of an ...

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston had the highest number of online visitors of the 13 presidential libraries in fiscal year 2014, according to figures provided by the ...

Woburn Public Library was full of laughter, food and excitement Nov. 15, as the Board of Library Trustees and guests gathered to dedicate a room named in honor of library benefactor John E. Frizzell.

Next month the state library in Montpelier will reduce hours and lay off Paul Donovan, the librarian who has maintained the state’s extensive collection of legal reference materials. Marty Reid, the ...

The main Nashville Library's Children's Department is new again. Yes, after 15 years of serious wear and tear from almost 100,000 active little book-loving patrons every year, the second floor ...

Ever wondered why Memorial Library is the only library on campus that requires a Wiscard for entry? The reason behind this discrepancy dates back to a chilling incident that occurred in the Memorial ...

This year's National Book Festival commemorates the 200th anniversary of the historic connection between the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson. It was a connection that arose from the ashes of ...

Rising two stories and capped by three domes, the Jaffna Public Library looks a bit like a stately wedding cake. Gleaming white under the Sri Lanka sun, the building's classical lines and beautiful ...