The Institute of Museum and Library Services is reinstating all grants that were previously terminated by the Trump administration. A short statement posted on the agency's website Wednesday reads, ...

In an attempt to broaden the scope of book-banning efforts, the state of Tennessee is trying to make public librarians act as censors. It’s a bad fit. Relying on an executive order issued by President ...

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Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. “A library is in a lot of ways ...

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After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor, a major distributor of shelf-ready library books, will be closing in early January. They’re far from a household name, but if you’ve ever held a library book — ...

There are still dozens of library branches that were built by Andrew Carnegie in the city. The Carnegie Corporation is giving them gifts. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll find ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Another major industry player is expanding its reach to fill the void in getting books to libraries following the collapse of Baker & Taylor ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. The 1876 painting Incendie Alexandrie by Hermann Goll ...

With the announcement of Baker & Taylor’s imminent closure, different parts of the publishing ecosystem are moving as fast as they can to adjust to a world without the country’s largest library ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires. Credit: Greek Reporter archive Clay tablets, papyrus ...