Despite earning my living as a writer, reading and reviewing an ungovernable number of new books each year, and being by all appearances a bookish fellow, I have no great fondness for libraries. To be ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — The resignation of two senior library staff members that has dismayed and stunned town officials also peeled back a curtain to reveal a thorny work environment that apparently had ...

Ironically enough, there is a sign in Sloane Art Library that reads "You can check out these books! YES!" It seems obvious, but even though libraries are among the most frequented buildings on campus, ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Touting upcoming initiatives on informational literacy and early childhood reading, the town's library team also is sounding a note of caution about impending federal cuts. In a ...

A stunning, modern wing of the Royal Library of Copenhagen, added in 1999. Ludovic Maisant/Corbis Libraries have existed in some form for as long as books themselves. More than just repositories of ...

Wake up, Ohio and wake up, America! I am 74 years old, and I cannot believe what I am seeing in the world today. The Ohio Senate is cutting funding to Ohio’s great libraries and won’t help families ...

President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the entire staff was laid off on March 31. This is not the first time he suggested this as a ...

The non-profit movie theater and public library system in Great Barrington, Massachusetts are collaborating on a film series highlighting adaptations of banned books. Triplex Creative Director Ben ...

The other is the New York Public Library — or, more precisely, its Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the great stone Beaux-Arts structure at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street that houses the library’s main ...