British author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is perhaps most famous for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his play The Importance of Being Earnest. Hugely popular but controversial in Victorian society, Wilde's career a...

For many years, innovative public libraries have offered physical objects that patrons can ch...

Gallaudet University is a school in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the educational needs of deaf students. The appropriately-named blog Library Shenanigans described a vicious and cruel prank played on the beleaguered lib...

We librarians must get creative in order to draw patrons to us and make our services relevant to current needs. And what do people need? To study the blade. The steel calls to our souls.The public library system of Durha...

Do you have overdue books at the public library of Worcester, Massachusetts? You can fork over your cash. But during March, the library will also accept photos of cats. The program is called March Meowness. The program i...

Most library job descriptions include the term "an...  ...rary services positions: barista.Yes, some public libraries have in-house cafes or even bars, but these are u...

On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell's “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” from a Massachusetts library. After 119 ye...

We librarians value patron recommendations for col...  ...ron of the Lake Hazel Branch of the Ada Community Libraries of Boise, Idaho, took a more assertive approach t...  ...n ebook.-via Jessamyn West | Photo: Ada Community Libraries

In the olden days, librarians would make printed g...  ...basically an online content management system for libraries .This isn't an advertisement for LibGuides. I just...

Devon Tatton is a librarian at the Greater Victoria Public Library in British Columbia. One day, while weeding print books in the travel section of her library's stacks, she found and pulled a copy of Handpicked Tours of...