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 ...

(Left to right) Teri Moncure Mojgani, Joan Mattison Daniel, Ethel Adolphe, Shirley Wiegand, Ibrahim Mumin, and Wayne Wiegand at the panel discussion on “Hidden Figures in American Library History: The ...

It's a shame that a survey of the world's libraries focuses on institutions created for the privileged It's clear within a few pages of The Library: A World History (Venice's Biblioteca Marciana ...

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 ...

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 ...

1907 — The Boulder Public Library opens on Feb. 26 at 1125 Pine St., now the site of the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History. 1913 — The library offers its first story hour for children. 1961 — ...

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 ...

When the Sunnyslope neighborhood's first library opened, patrons would visit to check out bathroom scales and listen to the radio. Today, library patrons can take online classes, grab an afternoon ...