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Pearland school board members knew they couldn't personally vet hundreds of books for “indecent” or “profane” content prohibited under a new state law. So when they met this fall to consider a ...

The book, which was checked out in 1943, has made its way back to the San Antonio Public Library in Texas from a person in Oregon Brian Anthony Hernandez joined PEOPLE as a writer-editor in 2023. He ...

AVON LAKE, Ohio -- Avon Lake Public Library Director William Rutger is taking his talents back to Sandusky, where he was recently named the new executive director for the Sandusky Library. A native of ...

MADISON, Ohio — Madison Public Library rolled out a brand-new bookmobile Friday, giving its popular “Gus the Book Bus” a long-awaited upgrade. The 33-foot Winnebago bookmobile replaces a 2007 vehicle ...

With publishers and libraries at odds over e-book licensing’s long-term expense, hold times, and ethical concerns, a new platform called Briet is pursuing an open-access approach. Briet invites ...

Turn your Mac into a personal e-book cloud with Calibre, the surprisingly powerful — and totally free — tool for building cross-platform and web-accessible digital library you completely control.

Proposed legislation would pressure publishers to adjust borrowing limits and find other ways to widen access. By Erik Ofgang It’s hard to imagine a library that doesn’t carry “Fahrenheit 451.” But ...

Abstract: A virtual chatbot assistant is an interactive application designed to simulate human-like communication and respond to user inquiries promptly. It focuses on building an interesting user ...

This story has been updated. After years of trying to address the high costs of electronic and audiobooks for libraries, state representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would ban ...