Santa Barbara County will host a public workshop to gather community feedback and direction for the design of the new Orcutt Library. The workshop will be 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 at Oasis Center, ...

From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. In the library of Bayt Yakan, a Cairo building renovated by the architectural conservator Alaa ...

A vital library in the St. Paul community is set to close at the end of this year for safety renovations, but not everyone is on board with the change. In the 2025 budget, the city council set aside ...

Framingham residents have chosen three new library card designs created by local artists. The Framingham Public Library announced the winners of its 2025 Library Card Design Contest, according to a ...

The "Dream, Discover, Design" Art Bench Project aims to enhance the new city library's environment, while celebrating local creativity, and connecting the joy of reading with the power of visual art, ...

The Lafayette Public Library has introduced wireless printing at its six major branches. Patrons can send documents from personal devices to the library's printers using the SmartALEC service.

Pearland school board members knew they couldn't personally vet hundreds of books for “indecent” or “profane” content prohibited under a new state law. So when they met this fall to consider a ...

Just a few years ago, the Donelson Plaza shopping center stood largely defunct as an underutilized commercial site in a fast-growing Nashville neighborhood. Now the area is home to an expansive 25,000 ...

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We’re living through an era of accelerated change, and leaders feel it every day. In five years, we’ve experienced the impacts of Covid and how it rebooted the norms we took for granted in how we work ...