(Left to right) Teri Moncure Mojgani, Joan Mattison Daniel, Ethel Adolphe, Shirley Wiegand, Ibrahim Mumin, and Wayne Wiegand at the panel discussion on “Hidden Figures in American Library History: The ...

The convergence of women’s history and library history at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition heralded the beginnings of a tradition of advocacy that would shape our profession for the next 100 ...

It's a shame that a survey of the world's libraries focuses on institutions created for the privileged It's clear within a few pages of The Library: A World History (Venice's Biblioteca Marciana ...

In March of 2008, the Joanne E. Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Family Technology Center, and Orradre Library (colloquially known as the Learning Commons, and/or University Library) opened its ...

A local repository of unique historical maps, photos and cultural exhibits could be closed to the public due to San José’s ...

1907 — The Boulder Public Library opens on Feb. 26 at 1125 Pine St., now the site of the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History. 1913 — The library offers its first story hour for children. 1961 — ...

During this COVID-19 pandemic, with government buildings and some nonessential businesses closed, most of us have had one place that we truly miss. For me, as a historian and rather curious person, it ...

Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library branch opened in 1898, designed by local architects as a home to both the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Museum. Central Library was ...