The convergence of women’s history and library history at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition heralded the beginnings of a tradition of advocacy that would shape our profession for the next 100 ...

Countless histories can be found on library shelves, including histories of libraries themselves. Reading library history can help us not only avoid repeating history but also better understand how ...

It's a shame that a survey of the world's libraries focuses on institutions created for the privileged It's clear within a few pages of The Library: A World History (Venice's Biblioteca Marciana ...

In March of 2008, the Joanne E. Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Family Technology Center, and Orradre Library (colloquially known as the Learning Commons, and/or University Library) opened its ...

Hayner Library in Alton hosts a May 9 ceremony unveiling a historic marker honoring its unique women-led legacy and rich ...

Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagel Library and Environmental Learning Center is located in Wyandotte County Lake Park. While the Kansas City region is home to robust public library systems, it also boasts ...

1907 — The Boulder Public Library opens on Feb. 26 at 1125 Pine St., now the site of the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History. 1913 — The library offers its first story hour for children. 1961 — ...

Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library branch opened in 1898, designed by local architects as a home to both the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Museum. Central Library was ...

The Gilbert Library was conceived in a meeting of five people in Betty Hallock's kitchen in 1958 Naomi Jeffries and Una Chassot were the early leaders of the group Helen Nunn, who became Gilbert’s ...

The British Library of Political and Economic Science was founded in 1896, a year after the London School of Economics and Political Science. Arriving at a time when the social, legal and economic ...