Connecticut’s public libraries are thriving, according to two new reports from the state library. Libraries throughout the state have seen increases in audio downloads, non-library community meetings ...

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their ...

HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE LIBRARY AND THOSE WHO RELY ON IT. HERE AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, PASSPORT SERVICES MAKES UP MORE THAN $60,000. THE LIBRARY’S ANNUAL BUDGET, BUT SOON WILL BEGIN LOSING ...

After the threats to federal library funding in the past year, the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills signed by President Trump on February 3 included an increase in federal funding for ...

It's been a tough year for public libraries. In March, President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency devoted to funding ...

Facing a $300 million shortfall, MIT is tightening its budget by slashing the quietest corners of its Cambridge campus: the libraries. Three of MIT’s five physical libraries will be shuttered or ...

Library visits in the United States have almost halved over the past decade. But in Australia, they’re up 10% compared to a year ago, according to a new report. In fact, our public libraries are ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Under the proposed Maine Regional Library System Public Library Agreement to ...

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 ...

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 ...

On September 24, 2025, the Social Impact Lab’s Community Conversations Series at the Yale School of Management (SOM) explored the many identities of libraries. Libraries carry many identities at once: ...

Citing its unsustainable financial model, libraries around the region will stop offering a digital platform to borrow audio and e-books, TV shows, movies and other media next month. The Northeast ...