A sound that’s almost synonymous with visiting a quiet public library — the clacking of fingers on public computers — is slowly slipping toward possible extinction. In analysis of public library data ...

Public libraries have traditionally offered access to materials that citizens do not personally own. These materials may include periodicals, reference works as well as sound and video recordings.

The electronic archive at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., is a library without walls for books without pages, perhaps the world’s largest public computerized information source and the most ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- When Leona Thompson's job as a housekeeper dwindled to just a few clients earlier this year, she had to pull the plug on her home Internet service, just when she needed it to ...

A third of U.S. residents 14 and older—about 77 million people—use public library computers to do their homework, look for jobs, connect with friends, and improve their lives, according to a new study ...

Hackers have infected every public computer in the St. Louis Public Library system, stopping all book borrowing and cutting off internet access to those who rely on it for computers. The computer ...

The school libraries of the ’90s bear little resemblance to their predecessors of 20 or 30 years ago. In addition to the traditional shelves of books and tables for studying, today’s libraries have ...

Beginning this week, the Boulder Public Library system will require reservations to use its public computers. The system went into effect at the George Reynolds branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, on ...