They don't spread germs. And you don't need to stand in line to get them. Electronic books, music and magazines are free at public libraries, easy to download and their popularity has risen as public ...

"As the oldest federal institution, the Library of Congress serves as a steward to some of the country’s most defining works — inspiring learners, creatives and artists — for more than two centuries.

On a typical day, public libraries would encourage you to stop by and browse its aisles, peruse its books, and maybe even borrow a few favorites from the circulation desk. But these are not typical ...

Agata Mrva-Montoya is a member of the Executive Committee of the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 as a non-profit digital ...

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious ...

When the Lafayette Public Library switched to a new digital platform Wednesday, patrons who use Kindle e-readers lost access to e-books and audiobooks through those devices. At midnight Wednesday, the ...

The Joplin Public Library has added a second reading app, CloudLibrary, to its digital services, allowing patrons to borrow e-books and audiobooks directly from their phones or tablets.

In 2005, before the words “podcast” and “boom” ever appeared in the same sentence, an archivist named Jason Scott, proprietor of textfiles.com, attempted to collect every podcast in existence. (Many ...

If you find yourself scrambling for a good novel to escape the novel coronavirus, you're not alone. Across the country, libraries have seen demand skyrocket for their electronic offerings, but ...

The Seattle region loves to read. The city is one of just two UNESCO cities of literature in the country. "We just have voracious readers in Seattle,” said Elena Gutierrez, collection services manager ...