The Columbia County Library in southeastern Washington stands less than a block off Dayton’s Main Street, in a historic red-brick building that now houses more than 30,000 books. The fate of this ...
Throughout the country, far-right groups are trying to control what books kids can read. In Dayton, Wash., they tried to shut down the library altogether. Illustration by Ross MacDonald. EDITOR’S NOTE ...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides grants to libraries and museums nationwide, has been effectively shuttered and its staff placed on administrative leave. This ...
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. “A library is in a lot of ways ...
Several federal funding issues are currently under debate in Congress and could adversely affect libraries and library workers. These include a possible government shutdown if Congress doesn’t pass ...