If you're tired of ever-increasing streaming prices, there's a good chance you have access to a free streaming service with a fairly impressive catalog of titles -- all thanks to your local library.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. 160 million people in the United States don’t own a library ...

If libraries are the door to knowledge, library cards are the key. Once a mere slip of paper bearing a patron’s name, the library card is evolving into a technologically sophisticated tool that can ...

Six days a week, public libraries offer air-conditioned spaces to study, work, surf the internet, or simply catch up with a friend — as long as it’s done in hushed tones. Then there’s the plethora of ...

The Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) invites community members to carry a piece of local art in their pockets with three new library card designs created as part of National Library Card Sign-Up ...

Heidi Pitre’s series merges literature, nostalgia, and history, featuring pen-and-ink drawings on about 160 vintage library checkout cards. Interest in the pieces has expanded, but her supply of ...

MAHOMET, Ill. (WCIA) — Calling all artists! The Mahomet Public Library is looking for help from community members in ...

One of Brooklyn's most prolific icons, Jay-Z, has driven scores of New Yorkers to their local public library. The Brooklyn Public Library activated more than 14,000 new library memberships between ...

Victor Sanchez with Living Hope Wheelchair Association pushes for Harris County Public Library’s enhanced library card to be used as a non-traditional form of identification during a press conference ...

You can check out books, music, movies and e-books with your Knox County Library card - but you can also use it for local arts events and attractions.

Snoopy has inspired all of us at Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library (CCPL) to expand Library Card Sign-Up Month into a dog-­tastic extravaganza. We are crowdsourcing a “top dog” to be featured on ...