The convergence of women’s history and library history at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition heralded the beginnings of a tradition of advocacy that would shape our profession for the next 100 ...

Countless histories can be found on library shelves, including histories of libraries themselves. Reading library history can help us not only avoid repeating history but also better understand how ...

As part of the Library of Congress’ popular Live! at the Library summer series, visitors are invited to explore 250 years of ...

The British Library of Political and Economic Science was founded in 1896, a year after the London School of Economics and Political Science. Arriving at a time when the social, legal and economic ...

Alvin Library celebrated its 100th anniversary in March. The city's first public library was the Athenaeum Library in 1923. It was a room in the former American Legion Hall with only 635 volumes. In ...