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

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

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With America’s semiquincentennial approaching, history was a hot topic this year, along with naval strategy, fabulist noir and reflections on going home.

Trying to complete Building a Library in Arc Raiders? You'll have to find a detective, romance, and adventure book to bring to Apollo to complete this quest.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from replacing a top official at the Library of Congress for now, deferring a decision on his emergency appeal until it resolves a pair of ...

The American Library Association (ALA) welcomed the release of a major national study conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) about the condition of public library buildings.

Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.

The 20-foot-tall installation, titled "Library of Us," featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read ...

His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly ...

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