Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

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A university library should provide a gateway into the institution for surrounding communities, explains Andrew Barker, as he shares advice on creating a ‘library community card’ that provides free ...

New library employees have much to learn. And when it comes to the topic of disabilities awareness, even a short conversation with a newly hired staffer can ensure that it is not lost in the training ...

Since their inception, libraries have been repositories of knowledge, community centers, and integral to a democratic society. Academic library collections are the cornerstone of inquiry and research, ...

Randy Robertson, interim director of Durango Public Library, was brought on for his knowledge of special taxing districts, not his experience as a librarian. “I believe I’m here because I’ve got that ...

Erik Lundstrom was about 14 when he secretly purchased the coming-of-age novel “Rainbow Boys” and hid it in his room, waiting until he was alone to become absorbed in the story of three teenage boys ...

New restrictions on what books children can look at in the library could soon become law in Alabama, as lawmakers debate adding libraries to an old law targeting adult video stores. On top of that, ...

The Obama Presidential Center promises to be a presidential library like no other. The four-building, 19-acre “working center for citizenship,” set to be built in a public park on the South Side of ...