Microsoft Corp. struck a deal yesterday with the British Library to scan 100,000 books from its vast collection and make them freely available for reading and searching on the Internet next year. The ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Founded with Alyssa Reeder, the online book community aims to “highlight new voices” that aren’t typically on the bestseller’s list Carly ...

The way we access library books has drastically changed. You can access an enormous amount of borrowable content through an iPhone or iPad app — here's how. Public libraries have paired up with some ...

Returning a book is easy, even after hours. But renewing a book when the library is closed has not been an option until now. Beginning this month, readers can renew their Cumberland County library ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Public Library is now the second library in the nation to give teens across the country access to the library's online books. They are doing this through the “Books Unbanned” ...

An Ohio man has drawn widespread backlash after he reportedly checked out and then burned 100 books on Jewish history, African American history and LGBTQ+ education. The man took the books from the ...

The decibel level is climbing as some 20 preschoolers sprawl out on an alphabet-pattern carpet for story hour. One toddler, who's new to the group, is having a bit of a meltdown, so Otter Bowman, a ...

The administration has rebranded our library as a communal space for doing almost everything except reading. A student looking for a book in a school library. Take a peek into the library at ...

Americans last year challenged more book titles than ever before, according to a new report by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. More than 4,000 unique titles were ...

In July of 1899, “The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley,” was added to the collection of the Worcester Public Library. The book, a compilation of illustrations by a British artist and poet, remained in ...

The Fairhope Library Board is hopeful that after reviewing 15 challenged books in recent months, and reshelving five of them to adult sections, they will get their state funding restored. But a member ...

Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.