A program at Oak Lawn Public Library is helping take the edge off of life’s pressures for teens, whether worries about grades, the future or simply fitting in. The stress can be especially tough over ...

In the early 1900’s, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was known not only for his success with the Carnegie Steel Company but also for his passion for reading and education. He ...

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Representatives from Hancock County Community Foundation gathered for this photo in 2015 as they kicked off Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Hancock County. Pictured are, front row (from left): ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — State Assemblyman Jon Rivera and United Way Buffalo and Erie County are helping expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program in Erie County. “The way the program ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A robot named Pepper greeted visitors at the Aina Haina Public Library for the first time Wednesday. Pepper is responsible for greeting visitors, answering questions, ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library has launched a new lending program called the Library of Things, offering items beyond traditional books and media for patrons to check out. The ...

Readers and patrons of the New York Public Library have a gift to be excited about this holiday season – a $50 million donation from a pair of culture-loving philanthropists. Just months after giving ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s annual ‘Give a Kid a Book’ program is underway. According to a press release from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public ...

A Bergen County library's unique wedding dress lending program will be ending this week — and going out with a final Black Friday gown giveaway. Fair Lawn's Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library will ...

Before the DNA revolution of the early 2000s, genealogy was a study dependent on records. Tracing a line of heritage could hit a dead end if documentation had gone missing or been destroyed. But as ...

AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, IT’S ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL SENIORS THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING, FROM NAVIGATING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO WELLNESS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS, FREE RESOURCES ARE REALLY ...