Countless histories can be found on library shelves, including histories of libraries themselves. Reading library history can help us not only avoid repeating history but also better understand how ...

The Library's "Preserving the Ozarks" series explores the region's rich history, culture and folklore this May.

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

The Library: A Fragile History is ambitious in its scope and detail-oriented in its execution. The book traces the entire history of libraries, inclusive of private, state, public and academic ...

In March of 2008, the Joanne E. Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Family Technology Center, and Orradre Library (colloquially known as the Learning Commons, and/or University Library) opened its ...

Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library branch opened in 1898, designed by local architects as a home to both the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Museum. Central Library was ...

Last summer, someone from the Netherlands contacted the Tyler Public Library after finding an engraved World War II canteen belonging to a soldier who was buried in and whose relatives reside in Tyler ...

Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagel Library and Environmental Learning Center is located in Wyandotte County Lake Park. While the Kansas City region is home to robust public library systems, it also boasts ...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE FORMED AT AN EARLY AGE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. FOR ME, THAT COMMUNITY WAS MY CHILDHOOD HOME OF WINTHROP MASS AND THE FROST LIBRARY HERE IN METCALFE SQUARE BUILT IN 1899, IT HAD A ...

LONG BRANCH - The public library's history room will be getting a colorful new look, including a mural of the city's history, thanks to a gift from the family of the late Long Branch historian who ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...