As digital reading surges in popularity, e-readers have become indispensable companions for book lovers. With a single device, readers can access an expansive universe of literature, from timeless ...

Nowadays with coronavirus, public libraries look more like meal distributors, emergency childcare centers, makeshift homeless shelters, and suppliers of 3D-printed personal protection equipment (PPE).

A massive spike in demand for e-books and digital audiobooks is colliding with expensive, expiring corporate publisher ...

Picture the following diverse scenarios: A librarian in Utah develops and shares a plugin for an open source repository system that is reused by libraries in three other states; a curator in New York ...

Public libraries have increasingly loaned digital content in the past ten years. Worldwide, libraries that do business with Overdrive loaned out 739 million audiobooks, e-books, and digital magazines ...

Giannoulias launches Illinois’ first statewide digital library program, giving residents free access to EBSCO databases, ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

A global pandemic and a national reckoning with race and social justice helped turn 2020 into a record year for digital lending in public libraries, according to OverDrive, the leading digital ...

Contemporary research in the humanities has expanded beyond anything that could be considered traditional. Historians are building interactive digital maps, literary scholars are using computers to ...

Libraries across Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Counties will be expanding access to affordable internet and technology ...

Every Illinois resident now has free access to informational and educational resources through a new digital library program, ...