On Dec. 5, 1975, the Henry L. Yesler Memorial Library was renamed after the influential Black abolitionists to better reflect ...

The Supreme Court lets stand a ruling allowing a Texas county to remove 17 library books, rejecting a First Amendment ...

Never able to pass up a mystery, Duke library staff dove into the archives, starting with the records of every laborer who ...

More than 84% of shareholders who participated in voting favored the merger, but it's not a done deal just yet.

From April 19–25, the ‘Reading Rainbow’ host and PBS Kids resident librarian will preside over National Library Week, ...

Fifty years ago, the Central District book lovers and neighbors made a decision that would forever change the identity of their local library. They voted to shed the name of a city pioneer in ...

Dewey Decimal System Day today marks the birthday of librarian Melvil Dewey and celebrates the library classification system ...

The Oakland Public Library is celebrating the legacy of the late coach John Beam with a powerful tribute display and an ...

A new online history project shows how anxious Americans in the 1940s and ‘50s blamed comics for juvenile delinquency and ...

In school, history often feels like a sprint through centuries of wars, inventions, and royal family trees, with only quick ...

When I was a kid, I was interested in a number of professions that are now either outdated, or have changed completely. One ...