American Libraries

Feds Curb Canadian Access to Library on the Border

Inside the Haskell Library, a black line on the floor marks the border between the United States and Canada, which patrons from both countries can freely move across. courtesy of Sylvie Boudreau For ...
The New York Times

The U.S.-Canada Border Runs Through This Library. That’s Now a Problem.

A wealthy widow built a library and opera house on the border between Quebec and Vermont, a symbol of binational friendship. Now U.S. officials are restricting access to Canadians. By Norimitsu Onishi ...
Microsoft

With new digital technology and services, Arapahoe Libraries creates the ‘library of the future’ for communities in Colorado

When Dianne Basso moved to Colorado in 2011 after years overseas, she couldn’t wait to get a library membership. A lifelong reader, Basso had been living in countries where English wasn’t the official ...
NPR

In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries?

For months, Carolyn Harrison and a small band of activists have been setting up folding tables with an array of what they call "bad books" outside the public library in Idaho Falls, Idaho. As Harrison ...