The Public Library" looks at the history and contemporary fuctions of the public library system in American society.

In Massachusetts, only Christians were allowed to hold public office ... Brown Durand / Collection of the New York Historical Society / Bridgeman Art Library International In 1844, an anti ...

By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Excitement was in the air Thursday morning, April 17 as students faced off to be crowned “Battle of the Basket Champion” at an event hosted by New York Edge, an organization ...

the first African American to lead a branch of the New York Public Library and a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Here are some of the other Badger State connections in "Free for All ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — A 17th-century letter considered the blueprint for religious freedom in the U.S. was displayed for the first time in seven years at the New York Public Library on Tuesday (April 8).

Kelly Coffey said her New York Public Library horror story began after she started as a senior librarian in the young-adult sections of the Parkchester branch in November 2022. An agitated man ...

Professor Rowena Kennedy-Epstein has been announced as one of fifteen Fellows at The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. Professor Rowena ...

The New York State Education Department has announced that it will battle the Trump administration ... DEI grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as part of its overall ...

"This is our first official anti-prom," said Susan Elbag, the teen services librarian at the Worcester Public Library, adding she was inspired by the New York Public Library that has been running ...

Critics say New York public school officials hold diversity, equity, and inclusion above all else, certainly above a proper academic education. By defying the Trump administration’s order to end ...