Countless histories can be found on library shelves, including histories of libraries themselves. Reading library history can help us not only avoid repeating history but also better understand how ...

In March of 2008, the Joanne E. Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Family Technology Center, and Orradre Library (colloquially known as the Learning Commons, and/or University Library) opened its ...

The Library: A Fragile History is ambitious in its scope and detail-oriented in its execution. The book traces the entire history of libraries, inclusive of private, state, public and academic ...

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

Manitowoc County is home to many beautiful public libraries. Manitowoc's library history dates to 1856, when city resident K.K. Jones began an effort to establish a library and reading association.

Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library branch opened in 1898, designed by local architects as a home to both the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Museum. Central Library was ...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE FORMED AT AN EARLY AGE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. FOR ME, THAT COMMUNITY WAS MY CHILDHOOD HOME OF WINTHROP MASS AND THE FROST LIBRARY HERE IN METCALFE SQUARE BUILT IN 1899, IT HAD A ...

The Allen Memorial Medical Library is the hub of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library. Designed by the architectural firm of Frank R. Walker and Harry E. Weeks for the Cleveland Medical Library ...

LONG BRANCH - The public library's history room will be getting a colorful new look, including a mural of the city's history, thanks to a gift from the family of the late Long Branch historian who ...