Your local library may no longer offer passport application processing thanks to an order from the State Department. According to the Associated Press, the department ordered certain non-profit public ...

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their ...

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their ...

Because our libraries are stunning again. Northwest Portland Multnomah County Library (Bob Kerns) Set aside the fact that there are 19 library branches where any resident of Multnomah County can check ...

If you’re thinking about getting your passport at a local library, you may want to schedule your appointment as soon as possible. Starting Feb. 13, nonprofit public libraries will no longer be able to ...

Facing a $300 million shortfall, MIT is tightening its budget by slashing the quietest corners of its Cambridge campus: the libraries. Three of MIT’s five physical libraries will be shuttered or ...

Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. “A library is in a lot of ways ...

There are still dozens of library branches that were built by Andrew Carnegie in the city. The Carnegie Corporation is giving them gifts. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll find ...

These nonprofit libraries function similarly to municipally run libraries, often receiving substantial local funding. While some independent libraries remain, others have been integrated into ...

For the last five years, Michelle Coleman has attended cooking and culinary education classes in a light-filled teaching kitchen at her local library in Boston. The kitchen, designed for hands-on ...

Libraries have long been known as a place for shushing, where quiet was not only encouraged but enforced. But times have changed, and many libraries around the country are attempting to reinvent ...

Some libraries aren't just places to borrow books — they're destinations with deep history and architecture that tell stories beyond the pages. The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025 highlights some of the ...