A couple times a month our technical services librarian, Tammie Gitchel, gets two or three large boxes containing 60-100 new ...

There are overdue library books. Then there's An Elementary Treatise on Electricity, which was last checked out in Massachusetts in 1904. It finally made it back after being spotted in West Virginia.

The book, originally published in 1925, was due to be returned on October 11, 1933. "I've been here 20 years now," said Liam Hegarty of Larchmont Public Library.

Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association.

WETLAND WALKERS: Lafitte Library, 4917 City Park Drive, Lafitte, hosts Wetland Walkers at 6 p.m. every Monday. Combine nature and exercise with a group walk along the boardwalk of the Lafitte Trace.

They can close the book on this. An overdue book was recently returned to a suburban New York library nearly 90 years to the day it was checked out — and only incurred a surprisingly low $5 late ...

Most of the scrutinized books were written by or contained subject matter about people of color or members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to research by the American Library Association.