Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a new novel's subject matter or a plot? If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could ...

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the author or co-author of eight books on ...

Like every graduate student, I once holed up in the library cramming for my doctoral oral exams. This ritual hazing starts with a long reading list. Come exam day, the scholar must prove mastery of a ...

As National Library Week begins — it runs from April 9–15 this year — the Library of Congress looks back at the ancestor of the card catalog, in this excerpt from The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and ...

"The important thing about these notes is that you'll find them sprinkled throughout his most famous speeches both as governor and as president of the United States," said John Heubusch of /*Reagan ...

If you do a Google search for "card catalog" it will likely return Pinterest-worthy images of antique furniture for sale — boxy, wooden cabinets with tiny drawers, great for storing knick-knacks, ...

It’s free to Hennepin County residents at dozens of local locations — or nonresidents can pick one up in person for a $60 fee ...

Library science took a major step forward on Aug. 26, 1971, when Ohio University librarians in Athens remotely cataloged 133 books in an early online system operated out of Columbus' Ohio College ...

KEARNEY — When Dee Urwiller started working at the Calvin T. Ryan Library, staff members and students were still using catalog cards to track down books and other materials. Most University of ...