School libraries come in many forms. They may be book sanctuaries, hangout spots for learners during noninstructional time, technologically advanced media centers full of activity tubs and work tables ...

How can you spot the gaps in your collection and ensure that it reflects the needs of your community? Diversity audits have been a go-to approach for many libraries, but the data analysis can ...

RIT Libraries’ Offsite Collections facility is located on the Henrietta, NY campus and houses 220,000 items from our low-use collections. Materials include books, journals, microforms, theses, indices ...

“It’s like a museum but with no people, and where you have to do all the work.” Developer and internet artist Darius Kazemi (you might know him from his Twitter bots) has a truly nerdy travel habit: ...

Why do people collect things? The motivations are as varied as the objects people collect. Perhaps it’s loyalty to a sports team, for instance, or an obsessive desire to accumulate a single kind of ...

Situated promptly in the center of the entrance, it is the first thing you see walking into Noble Library. The sign titling the shelves "Required Reading" demands your attention. The modest metal ...

The pandemic may have stalled some establishments, but not Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library. In the last year, renovations were completed, special collections were added and accessibility to the ...

ORIGIN STORY: F.A. Sondley’s personal library, shown in this historical photo, forms the core of the current Buncombe County Special Collections in Pack Memorial Library. Image by E.M. Ball, courtesy ...

WHAT: History Harvest, an open house for persons who have memories, memorabilia or photos of the Old Main Library at Edith and Central. WHEN: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 21. WHERE: Botts Hall at ...