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 ...

Alabama readers love a good novel. All of the most commonly checked out books from public libraries in the state’s two largest counties were works of fiction. And many were parts of series. The most ...

The Anne Arundel County Public Library has announced which five fiction and five nonfiction books have been checked out the most across its locations this year. The library says these 10 books alone ...

WORCESTER – Multiple comedic series for kids, manga series for teens and a mix of historical fiction, mystery and thrillers for adults all seem to be trends for Worcester readers, according to the ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --An overdue library book was returned to the Chantilly Regional Library after 36 years and a trip to Greece. The Fairfax County Library system posted about the book's return on Facebook ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column was submitted by the library to highlight local checkout trends. Find out more at spl.org. It’s always fascinating to compile ...

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Now, a lower court's decision allowing the removal of books from its public library system can stand. The case goes back to 2021, when a group of Texans in the county located about 80 miles northwest ...

The quarterly Blount County Friends of the Library book sale continues Friday and Saturday in the lower level of Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick St., Maryville, with more than 50,000 ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Whistleblower Rutherford County Library Systems Director Luanne James claims the RCLS Board Chair, Cody York, instructed her to remove multiple books from the public ...

They come for vintage classics and children's hardbacks and historical romance. They slide titles off metal shelves and fill paper sacks. They browse for hours, scanning spines for the perfect read.