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 ...

In your childhood, your experience with historical books might look different than that of kids growing up right now. Maybe you think about Laura Ingalls Wilder and all of her adventures, or the “Dear ...

It would be hard to imagine growing up without a public library. No matter if you are in a large city or a small town, the public library has always been a place to discover new worlds. Within the ...

WOOSTER − At 125 years old, the Wayne County Public Library is among the oldest institutions in the county, and while books are still central to its mission, it's more than words on paper keeping it ...

Sue Bartow was already familiar with the Smith Library of Regional History when she took a course on genealogy through Miami University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement. She’d been there several ...