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The greatest impact to reduction in funding and services will be the small and rural communities across this country." ...
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The walls inside the Middletown Library Service Center are lined with books — reading materials for summer and book club ...
Local libraries anticipate a reduction in support following an executive order that will cut services, Brian Hildreth writes.
The Tom Green County Library System is assuring citizens that its current operations “remain stable and unaffected” after a ...
Millions of people visit their libraries every week. What's the draw? Everything. During National Library Week, April 6–12, 2025, take time to discover (or rediscover) what draws people in. This ...
A major public library system in California has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to promote "sexual health resource cabinets" in its libraries. These cabinets, which are accessible to library ...
With Earth Day fast approaching, the Weber County Library System will once again host a slew of events promoting sustainability and conservation, including free ladybug giveaways for the community.
The Rutherford County Library System Board passed a policy on March 17 that required the removal of all material from county libraries that “promotes, encourages, advocates for or normalizes ...
Extended evening and weekend hours, more family-oriented programming and increased support for homeschooling families could soon become part of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System’s mission.
"Listen, we're talking about a 100-year precedent that we've used to fund our public library system here in the state of Ohio — which, by the way, is one of the top public library systems in the ...
The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, has purged hundreds of books from its library — including "How to be Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi — as part of a push to eliminate diversity ...