He spent nine years working toward that goal, and since a perceptual shift that huge doesn't happen without going big, Updegrove went big. He oversaw an $11 million overhaul of the permanent exhibits ...

First: It’s not just about digitizing books. That’s the biggest misconception that the public has about the role of digital technology in libraries, according to the chief digital officer of what is ...

Betty Sue Flowers (r) and Harry Middleton at the LBJ Presidential Library Credit: Photo by Jay Godwin for the LBJ Library & Museum Betty Sue Flowers (r) and Harry Middleton at the LBJ Presidential ...

The Free Black Women’s Library display at the NY Art Book Fair (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) OlaRonke Akinmowo is the artist, scholar, and librarian behind the Free Black Women’s ...

New York’s public libraries could be forced to cut their hours and programming. The City Council wants to protect their funding in the next budget battle. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons During his first year ...

After someone is murdered in the Boston Public Library, four strangers team up to solve the crime. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with author Sulari Gentill about her new book. Four strangers are sitting ...

Luna Stage is having their NY premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader’s Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari Laura Kreith. The show runs at 59E59 Theaters from October 18th to November ...

I wasn’t born a librarian. I didn’t exit the womb clutching a teeny book. My path to librarianship is an interesting and slightly harrowing story. I was living in Virginia. The day before my first ...

The Virtual Interview Lab at Do Space in Omaha, Nebraska, is equipped with a computer, webcam, microphone, and ring light.Photo: Do Space An estimated 19 million Americans—or 6% of the ...