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 ...

Just when we feared the public library might slip into oblivion as little more than an artifact of the analog age, #LibraryTok put the centuries-old democratic institution back on the map. Pioneered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. 160 million people in the United States don’t own a library ...

In April, APL invited library cardholders of all ages to submit original work for new APL card designs, and now it's time for ...

In celebration of Library Card Sign-Up month, the Sonoma County Library is rolling out two new library cards — a “Peanuts” classic and another designed by 7-year-old Caleb Tisthammer of Rohnert Park.

Snoopy has inspired all of us at Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library (CCPL) to expand Library Card Sign-Up Month into a dog-­tastic extravaganza. We are crowdsourcing a “top dog” to be featured on ...