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 ...

The Card Catalog: Books, Cards and Literary Treasures by the Library of Congress, published by Chronicle Books 2017. With 162 million items—including more than 38 million books—the Library of Congress ...

Like every graduate student, I once holed up in the library cramming for my doctoral oral exams. This ritual hazing starts with a long reading list. Come exam day, the scholar must prove mastery of a ...

If you do a Google search for "card catalog" it will likely return Pinterest-worthy images of antique furniture for sale — boxy, wooden cabinets with tiny drawers, great for storing knick-knacks, ...

As National Library Week begins — it runs from April 9–15 this year — the Library of Congress looks back at the ancestor of the card catalog, in this excerpt from The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and ...

"The important thing about these notes is that you'll find them sprinkled throughout his most famous speeches both as governor and as president of the United States," said John Heubusch of /*Reagan ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Students from Maple Avenue Middle School and Saratoga Springs High School have a new art exhibit at Saratoga Springs Public Library that is not only creative and well-displayed but ...

If anyone can make a trip to the library feel like a party, it’s Jay-Z, apparently. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the Brooklyn Public Library and Roc Nation have released 13 ...