As a former library director, I’ve had the privilege of leading efforts to build, renovate, and repair scores of library buildings. This experience taught me that libraries must respond to a changing ...

Amid ongoing public scrutiny, the ImagineIF Libraries board of trustees has issued a letter aimed at repairing its relationship with library staff. The board discussed the draft letter at its Thursday ...

I keep reading letters that imply that the library/mixed-use project isn’t wanted by the community, and there was some sort of fixed outcome. That’s simply not true. First, the recommendation for the ...

I listened to the Library Advisory Board meeting on March 15, at which they voted to refer a book to the city attorney for “review.” As Assemblyman Felix Rivera said, this action appears to be part of ...

Your recent article, “Here’s what will happen to library executive who took Super Bowl tickets” was interesting, and it should serve as a warning to future top-level library administrators who accept ...

I am a disabled military veteran with extreme mobility issues. Because my options for able-body activities are compromised I use the Vancouver library mail book service extensively. For years, us who ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I write in support of the Scarborough Public Library expansion project. Our ...

The City Library embodies the ideal that everyone should have access to literacy, information and an intellectual life. We’ve done a remarkable job investing in our public library system, especially ...

Senate Bill 2307 takes aim at content in libraries and schools, and if it passes, North Dakota taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars to implement it. Taxpayers would be on the hook for $2 ...

SB 2307 (library censorship) is vague, expensive, subjects our North Dakota libraries to the whims of anyone from any state, is potentially unworkable especially for smaller libraries, and is ...

One of the few remaining public benefits without cost to use is our library. In a time when families are struggling to pay bills, they can use the library for helping all their children to read. I ...