Called athenaeums, a Greek word meaning "temple of Athena," the concept predates the traditional public library.

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes. By Adeel Hassan A ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters ...

Looking for an excuse not to watch Penn State football on Saturdays? It could be time to check out your local library. The Free Library is adding Saturday hours to seven more branches throughout the ...

New Braunfels ISD says all library services are suspended until further notice as the district reviews each book in accordance with new state laws. That decision comes after Monday’s board of trustees ...

The Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library is hosting its biannual book sale of over 250,000 books this October. The booksale, which has become one of the top five largest book sales in the ...

The Erie County Public Library promotes awareness of banned books, including through exhibits created for the Lake Erie Lit Festival help in September. Reasons for book challenges range from profanity ...

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and who sought their ...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Dozens of people gathered Thursday night at the Randolph County old courthouse to voice opinions on whether a children’s book about a transgender boy should remain in the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama board is seeking to prohibit public libraries from placing books that “positively” depict transgender themes and topics in teen and children’s sections. The Alabama ...

Learn how to fix the EPUB processing error in Google Play Books by converting EPUB 3 to EPUB 2 using the Calibre application on Linux.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and ...