Evanston Public Library volunteer Mary Jo Deysach (Weinberg ’68) is a volunteer veteran. From writing for nonprofit organizations to providing companionship to hospice patients, Deysach has ...

The First Amendment to the Constitution protects our freedom to read, to listen, to write, to speak and to protest about our beliefs and opinions with protection from retaliation. Our public libraries ...

Kids, of course, will be kids, and it is important that we promote places for them to play and be loud and creative, but that ...

“Libraries have always been places where barriers to access knowledge have been broken,” says Alvaro Sauceda Nuñez, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Some schools in Ohio experienced a reading gap due to the pandemic, while others maintained scores because of enhanced reading practices. Last year, the Ohio Department of ...

It is not a secret that many students across our nation are struggling with literacy skills, especially students from historically marginalized groups. According to the National Assessment of ...

Libraries are immediately written off by some and tossed a few pennies by government in lean times. Even in years of relative budgetary plenty, libraries are funded almost grudgingly. Support of ...

Local programming at the Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich has merged with a national initiative to support the environment. "This is our big bee week," library Executive Director Lauren ...

Just as we had all put the Drag Queen Story Hour episode behind us, here we go again! The East Hempfield Township supervisors have again reconsidered their denial of an annual contribution to ...

Librarians across western Massachusetts are calling for an additional $1 million for public library aid in the state's fiscal year 2027 budget, citing increased demand and costs, and the need for ...

Calgarians read a lot of books last year.