CML announces 2026 Authors at the Library lineup

New year, new authors are visiting the Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML). After introducing the revamped Authors at the Library series in 2025, the program is back for 2026.
Post-Bulletin

Library services have evolved, but still 'feeling the squeeze' in its downtown location

ROCHESTER — When Kim Edson arrived at the Rochester Public Library in 1998, DVDs were just starting to populate the shelves in the 3-year-old building. Since then, the size of the library at 101 ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Longtime White Settlement library cat who became famous worldwide dies

White Settlement library cat Browser died of natural causes at 15. Browser survived a 2016 eviction attempt after community backlash and media coverage. The library plans a Sept. 18 memorial and asks ...
Berkshire Eagle

At Lenox Library’s ‘Banned Bookathon,’ readers push back against censorship — one book at a time

LENOX — One by one, readers stepped to the lectern inside the Lenox Library’s Reading Room on Wednesday to share passages from books others have tried to silence — from “1984” to “Gender Queer.” The ...
Oregonian

Why this Portland library is a flashpoint in the debate over downtown safety, and what can be done

On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a ...
The Baltimore Sun

Wicomico library workers form new union, push for living wages

Workers at the Wicomico Public Library have joined a small but growing movement among Maryland library staff seeking collective bargaining rights, forming one of the state’s newest worker unions amid ...