Writing a complete history of libraries is no easy task. One must address questions of definition, purpose, accessibility, and function. Not only are there no single answers to these questions, but ...

Libraries have existed since the beginning of civilization. There is even a patron saint for librarians, St. Jerome, for whom the Catholic Church designates a feast day every Sept. 30. Archaeologists ...

Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center connect my neighborhood to the Martin Luther King Jr ...

In 1849, English explorer Austen Henry Layard discovered a series of clay tablets in the ruins of Nineveh. Once upon a time, Nineveh was a flourishing city and the capital of the mighty Assyrian ...

Countless histories can be found on library shelves, including histories of libraries themselves. Reading library history can help us not only avoid repeating history but also better understand how ...

The opening episode of Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos, first shown in 1980, lamented the most famous burning of books in history—the conflagration that destroyed the Library of Alexandria. “If I could ...

Reading in the newspaper about Dubai having “the largest artificial tree in the world” harkened me back to the first public library I worked at in Odessa, Texas, a town also known as “Slowdeatha” and ...

Feel the Pulse of History: The Oldest Libraries in India for True Heritage Lovers: By Aarushi Bose National Reading Day provides a perfect moment to reflect on the oldest libraries in India, where ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Myrsini Mamoli, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Here in Atlanta, ...