The Kern County Historical Society has partnered with the Kern County Library for a talk about the history of the library and ...

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 ...

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 ...

It would be hard to imagine growing up without a public library. No matter if you are in a large city or a small town, the public library has always been a place to discover new worlds. Within the ...

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE FORMED AT AN EARLY AGE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. FOR ME, THAT COMMUNITY WAS MY CHILDHOOD HOME OF WINTHROP MASS AND THE FROST LIBRARY HERE IN METCALFE SQUARE BUILT IN 1899, IT HAD A ...

Floodwaters fill Main Street in Montpelier near Kellogg-Hubbard Library in July 2023. A sign for the library’s Basement Booksale is tipped on the right. Photo courtesy Kellogg-Hubbard Library via the ...