Friday’s wind had the new San Diego Central Library humming — literally. Gusts that reached 45 mph in late morning screeched through the library’s dome, constructed of steel ribs supporting metal ...

Mayor Adrian Fenty and Chief Librarian Ginny Cooper were "whooping" it up Monday to celebrate the opening of the new Northwest One branch library at First and New Jersey Avenue NW. Cooper literally ...

Sometime in the ’80s, I sat at a table in the town library in Lenox, Mass., doing my eighth-grade algebra homework. A man, probably about the age I am now, appeared in front of me. He wore a ...

The city of Neiman Marcus and Tiffany now has a library to match. Walnut Creek, long a hub of upscale shopping, today opens its long-awaited, new $40 million library, which is as elegant, clean and ...

So the Ottawa Public Library has decided the public is all in when it comes to building a brand spanking new main library. Funny, who out there recalls being asked? But it must be true; it says so ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- With its rooftop garden, sewing machines, 3-D printers, power tools and video game consoles, the new library in downtown Arlington looks nothing like a library of the past. “The ...

Nevada's liberal laws regarding guns and other weapons no longer apply at the Carson City Library. The library has posted a bold, 24-by-18-inch sign at the front door announcing that "No weapons are ...

When we learned libraries were installing video games to draw teens and young adults through their doors, our first thought was that it’s like luring people to church with free beer. Who says that’s a ...

The atrium at the Shakopee Public Library directs noise from the first floor lobby to the second floor, where windows are not enclosed. (Staff photo by Shannon Fiecke) Normally if you’re in a library ...

When it was founded in 1653, it aimed to rival the college libraries of Oxbridge and provide a place for independent study in the north of England. Today, Chetham's Library is the oldest surviving ...