This is borne out by a poem by Hilaire Belloc, an old sailor and poet, who penned “The Microbe,” which begins, “The Microbe ...

Voters in a conservative enclave within a blue state will decide whether to shutter the county's only library after staff refused to remove books on race, LGBTQ and sexual topics that some community ...

Round Valley Branch Library in Mendocino County was named the Best Small Library in America by Library Journal. A local library has been recognized as “Best Small Library in America.” Library Journal, ...

For months, Carolyn Harrison and a small band of activists have been setting up folding tables with an array of what they call "bad books" outside the public library in Idaho Falls, Idaho. As Harrison ...

A fixture of the Grover Beach community hit a big milestone. The Grover Beach Community Library is celebrating its 20th year as an independent, all-volunteer-run library. It first opened its doors on ...

Meharuli Community Library offers free books and a welcoming space for children from migrant families and first-time learners ...

DERBY LINE, Vt.—The stately, stone-and-stained-glass library in this tiny border town in the rolling hills of Vermont plays a pivotal role in Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny’s forthcoming novel.

Book challenges in Kentucky public libraries rose 1,061% from 2023 to 2024. Daviess and Bourbon counties saw diverging library responses to censorship efforts. Statewide disputes over library content ...