In 1950, the family moved to Knoxville, Iowa, a small town about 40 miles southeast of Des Moines. There, Solomon read voraciously in the local library and listened to baseball on AM radio.

"Iowa libraries are slowly losing their local control, year by year," said Sam Helmick, president of the American Library ...

The Solon Public Library in Solon, Iowa, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) Public libraries have ...

Jasper County constituents are invited to attend an upcoming legislative gathering with Reps. Jon Dunwell and Barb Kniff McCulla and Sen. Ken Rozenboom this weekend at the Newton Public Library. The ...

It’s all because a bill in the Iowa Senate could remove what’s called the ‘obscenity exemption’ from public libraries in the state.

A librarian organizes books that have been returned on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at the Ladd branch of the Cedar ...

If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could reference the Los Angeles Public Library's index of fiction book review cards. The reviews, a collection of thousands of index cards, contain ...

If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could reference the Los Angeles Public Library's index of fiction book review cards. The reviews, a collection of thousands of index cards, contain ...

American Library Association President Sam Helmick, who works at the Iowa City Public Library, said it is unconstitutional for public entities to lose benefits such as state funding because of how ...

Sam Helmick, the ALA president-elect and community and access services coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, said the ALA is a nonpartisan organization, highlighting that without its funding ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Rock Island Public Library is ready to partner with patrons to kick off all the activities and fun associated with the launch of spring. Rock Island Library offers so many ...