There have been many questions about what direction Arduino would take after being bought by Qualcomm. Now it would seem that we’re getting a clearer picture. Perhaps unsurprisingly the ...

A new policy from the US State Department is reshaping how Americans apply for passports. Beginning February 13, 2026, nonprofit public libraries across the country have been ordered to stop accepting ...

The U.S. State Department has ordered a subset of public libraries across the country to stop processing passport applications. In many communities, this new mandate disrupts a service that people ...

After the threats to federal library funding in the past year, the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills signed by President Trump on February 3 included an increase in federal funding for ...

Iowa schools without in-house libraries could soon lack access to larger media collections as a bill banning partnerships with public libraries and bookmobiles moves forward. Dozens of people attended ...

Some agreements between public schools in Iowa and local libraries would be blocked under a bill advanced Wednesday by the House Education Committee. The bill (HSB 636) would bar schools from letting ...

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5), Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC-4) propose grant program for library services to incarcerated people WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American ...

When out on a walk, it can be easy to have blinders on. Maybe you’re talking on the phone or listening to an audiobook or podcast. Maybe you’ve simply got your head in the clouds. A reminder to be ...

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 ...

When people picture a school library, they still imagine rows of dusty books and students whispering behind tall shelves. But that image of silence couldn’t be further from reality. The modern library ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case that allowed local officials to remove books deemed objectionable from public libraries.

Lancaster County could lose five passport agencies before the end of the year after federal officials told local libraries they could no longer process passport applications. Karla Trout, executive ...