A copy of "The Boy and the River" by Henri Bosco was found outside the Torrington Library in England 49 years and six months after it was due to be returned. Photo courtesy of the Torrington ...

Last week, when I asked my children to imagine a public library and describe what they pictured, both detailed stately buildings chock full of things like books, reading nooks, study tables, computers ...

Several American flags staked outside of a public library in southern California were flipped upside-down following former President Donald Trump's conviction in Manhattan Thursday. According to a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Public libraries do more than just provide books to the community. Teen Program Specialist Frida Garcia works on the music team lab, which lets teens come to the Austin Public Library ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A volunteer group that feeds the homeless does not plan to relocate where they hold their feedings despite receiving 29 citations from police. "Food Not Bombs" has been ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Late last moth, the Lafayette Public Library Board of Control voted to change the Library Card Policy. The new policy will go into effect April 11. These changes affect people ...

Neighbors of the library collaborated with the city to urge the library to turn off its Wi-Fi at night in hopes the Castro neighborhood’s unhoused population would move on. Neighbors of the library ...

Dozens of Long Island public libraries plan to keep or expand free Wi-Fi zones they set up during the pandemic to cover their parking lots and nearby parks. In Nassau County, 25 libraries offer ...

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Continuing the photo essay about public libraries, which showed many ...