Once you have accessed a particular resource, you must use its specific search and display commands. Searching instructions are available in ring binders next to library gateway workstations. Each ...

If libraries are the door to knowledge, library cards are the key. Once a mere slip of paper bearing a patron’s name, the library card is evolving into a technologically sophisticated tool that can ...

Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a new novel's subject matter or a plot? If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could ...

Six days a week, public libraries offer air-conditioned spaces to study, work, surf the internet, or simply catch up with a friend — as long as it’s done in hushed tones. Then there’s the plethora of ...

Men working at linotype machines in the Card Division Printing Office of the Library of Congress (c. 1900-1920), from The Card Catalog: Books, Cards and Literary Treasures by the Library of Congress, ...

My last wallet clean-out unearthed seven library cards. One each from the British Library and England’s National Archives, where I did research for my college thesis. One from the small city in ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Index cards are mostly obsolete nowadays. We use them to create flash cards, write ...

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Springfield-Greene County Library District is giving readers a new reason to celebrate. This year, the Library is rolling out six exclusive, ...

The Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) invites community members to carry a piece of local art in their pockets with three new library card designs created as part of National Library Card Sign-Up ...

When artist Stacy Nguyen was growing up in Lynnwood, the family’s library card was like a portal to the world. She and her siblings leaned on that little plastic card from the King County Library ...