A sound that’s almost synonymous with visiting a quiet public library — the clacking of fingers on public computers — is slowly slipping toward possible extinction. In analysis of public library data ...

When former librarian and author Jean Armour Polly first introduced the idea of having computers in libraries in the early 1980s, she was met with pushback. "People scoffed and said, 'Why would you go ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a grant program Tuesday to match local funds for computers in libraries across North Carolina. The foundation has 973 computers available to upgrade ...

This story originally contained incorrect information about an item in the Tulsa City-County Library's budget for information technology. The story has been corrected. Replacing more than 700 public ...