An elite boarding school in Ashburnham, Mass., just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on renovating its library. But Cushing Academy wasn't just redoing its walls and carpets. The school is ...

The closure of a nearly 200-year-old book wholesaler will impact how soon new materials turn up on the shelves at Falls ...

Across the country, university libraries are breaking up their stacks and sending any book with an online equivalent off to storage houses. The transfers are leaving academics searching digital ...

The “book train” in the Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Hyperallergic stopped by the NYPL’s main branch for a preview of the reading ...

For nearly two decades, Lisa Dunseth loved her job at San Francisco’s main public library, particularly her final seven years in the rare books department. But like many librarians, she saw plenty of ...

The Main Stacks collection might seem mysterious at first, but it is a fascinating resource that can be helpful to many University students.

More than 100 DVDs and 500 books were destroyed in May 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

I grew up, physically and intellectually, in churches and libraries. Different in purpose, they were nonetheless both built to impress upon the visitor admiration for the possible. Their architecture ...

The Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library will host a book sale at the Central Library location later this month. “Treasures from the Stacks: A Booksale for the Discerning Collector” is ...

Sun, sand, ocean and a good book, life doesn’t get much closer to perfection. As a faithful beach goer, I live for lazy summer days by the water. In my beach bag is a towel, sunscreen (ocean friendly) ...