More than half of all Victorian public libraries have abolished late fees in recent years, saying the move will save ratepayers money. It may seem counterintuitive, but anecdotal evidence from ...

Victoria's Stonnington Libraries together with Civica have developed an artificial intelligence-based proof-of-concept solution to remove the manual work involved with cataloguing and searching ...

Performing pigs, magic tricks, hypnotism, circus arts, pantomime and other popular forms of entertainment during the Victorian era are the focus of a new exhibition on view at the British Library in ...

Victorian libraries are struggling to cope with the influx of people through the doors and are calling on the Andrews government to provide more funding. Parents unable to pay for their children’s ...

Libraries find ways to keep in touch with regulars, from phone calls to delivering books to live-streaming author talks When Melbourne’s Yarra Plenty regional libraries first went into lockdown in ...

Nestled among the glitzy bars and fancy restaurants along Deansgate is one of Manchester’s best-kept secrets. The John Rylands Library is a stunning neo-gothic building which transports visitors to a ...

The ornate former Kaltreider home, once a public library in Red Lion from 1968 to 2000, could be yours for $229,000. The stately Victorian home was built in 1902 by cigar maker D. Frank Kaltreider.

A library created by children in 1860s Orkney has gone on display. Maria Cowan, 12, her 10-year-old sister Clara, and their young cousin Isabella Bremner began producing their own library in 1864, ...