The Pierce Reading Room on the third floor of Lauinger Library closed Jan. 14 for a yearlong renovation that will redesign and expand the physical space as well as introduce new technology. Georgetown ...

Many academic librarians wonder how to get more students into campus libraries. At the University of Florida’s (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries in Gainesville, we’ve had success by bringing the ...

A chair design originally created for the New York Public Library has taken on a new life as a signature part of another historic library’s redesign and refresh project in Connecticut. Founded in 1891 ...

For years, if you wanted to access the Library of Congress’s ornate main reading room, you first needed to flash a photo ID library card. But starting on April 11 through September, the library will ...

The Second Floor Reading Room has gone through many transformations since 1961. For decades it was called the Woodrow Wilson Reading Room because it housed the U.S. president’s papers about the League ...

Down a corridor inside the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building, a code just for members of Congress guards a special room. Even lawmakers’ spouses can’t walk into the Congressional Reading ...

Cutting a ribbon to formally open the James W. Nicholson Reading Room during dedication ceremonies Thursday [Oct. 3] are Associate Dean of MSU Libraries Stephen Cunetto; MSU President Mark E. Keenum; ...

Reading Room: New and Reimagined Libraries of the American West, by Lara Swimmer (photography) and Laura Raskin (words). Forward by Marcellus Turner. Artifice Press, 208 pages, $34.95, click to ...

The Grand Reading Room of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library will open to students, faculty and staff on Monday, May 16. The reading room, which seats 180, will be fully accessible to University of ...

The iconic Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library‘s 103-year-old 42nd Street flagship will remain closed for six months after a plaster rosette fell from the ceiling last month, ...