As libraries expand their services and adjust collections to current demands, flexible and adaptable spaces become increasingly important. While capacity and storage problems are most often addressed ...

Long-time Escondido library volunteer Virgina Abushanab doesn’t like what she sees when she looks at the racks of shelving in the city library. Perhaps more to the point, she’s not thrilled about what ...

Academic libraries face immutable space problems. On most campuses, library shelf space is finite and even shrinking. Gone are the days when a proactive library director could argue successfully for a ...

Walking through the central branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, it seems a little bare. Chunks of shelves lie empty, mainly around the area with reference books right in front of the stairs to ...

Does your bookshelf need a glow up? Consider how you stack your books, whether it's vertically or horizontally. These design ...

Home libraries are often cozy, but carving out the needed space is challenging when you're working with limited space. We ...

The LGBTQ-centered graphic novel Gender Queer is back on bookshelves at Wake County public libraries this week after protests from librarians and the public. The book, an autobiography about author ...

Crack open a book at the San Francisco Public Library, and you can find tales about dragons and castles, ancient cultures and traditions, mysteries and romances. But here’s the thing: The characters ...