A program at Oak Lawn Public Library is helping take the edge off of life’s pressures for teens, whether worries about grades, the future or simply fitting in. The stress can be especially tough over ...

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Representatives from Hancock County Community Foundation gathered for this photo in 2015 as they kicked off Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Hancock County. Pictured are, front row (from left): ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library has launched a new lending program called the Library of Things, offering items beyond traditional books and media for patrons to check out. The ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. Last fall, when an anxious patron rushed into the Addison Public Library asking how to file a court document, Sara ...

Readers and patrons of the New York Public Library have a gift to be excited about this holiday season – a $50 million donation from a pair of culture-loving philanthropists. Just months after giving ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

A Bergen County library's unique wedding dress lending program will be ending this week — and going out with a final Black Friday gown giveaway. Fair Lawn's Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library will ...

A simple, scalable hospital program improved hand hygiene, sped up sepsis treatment, and sharply reduced severe infection outcomes, showing how small, coordinated changes can save mothers’ lives even ...

Somewhere in a rural community library, a peer support specialist is waiting to talk to you, or they might knit with you, play cards, be available at storytime or help make you aware of the resources ...

AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, IT’S ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL SENIORS THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING, FROM NAVIGATING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO WELLNESS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS, FREE RESOURCES ARE REALLY ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Onondaga County Public Library’s Petit branch in the Westcott neighborhood is set to undergo a $2.2 million expansion next year that will include a long-awaited community room. The ...