1. An E-Book Breakthrough? Compared to previous years, 2013 was a good one for libraries in the e-book realm. Among the year’s highlights, Penguin expanded its library program to full throttle after ...

Our new report takes a close look not only at how Americans are using public libraries, but also what sort of services and programming they think libraries should offer — and what they say they would ...

Welcome to the 2013 Library Design Showcase, AL’s annual celebration of new and newly renovated libraries. These libraries are shining examples of innovative architecture that addresses user needs in ...

In the decade since the Supreme Court upheld the implementation of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), internet filtering has become a frequent practice in public libraries. It has also ...

An effort by the Library of Congress to archive Twitter posts has amassed more than 170 billion tweets, which the library is now seeking to make available to researchers and other interested parties.

Americans’ use of public libraries has fluctuated in recent years, and this survey shows that just under half of all those age 16 and older (48%) say they have visited a public library or bookmobile ...

Why did one of the world’s greatest libraries adopt a $300 million transformation without any real public debate? This May 20, 2011, photo shows the marble lion “Fortitude,” one of a pair created by ...