Digital books in the public library reached 379.4 million check outs in 2025, which is a 3% increase from 2024. Digital ...

E-book lending surged during the pandemic and has continued to climb, but restrictive licensing rules mean libraries are paying a steep price. The post The digital library dilemma: Why e-book ...

That momentum has carried into the new year too. Also, the Pinole facility will be renovated, during which time its patrons ...

In 2020 everything went digital. Millions of people worked from home, used Zoom to complete college degrees and communicated with loved ones solely through the internet. The rest of the world adapted ...

Libraries worldwide broke digital lending records last year as Overdrive, the company that operates Libby and Sora, recently reported seeing more than 739 million borrows of audiobooks, e-books and ...

Kate Lambert recalls using her library card just once or twice throughout her childhood. Now, she uses it several times a month. The lure? Electronic books she can download to her laptop. Beginning ...

When Dianne Basso moved to Colorado in 2011 after years overseas, she couldn’t wait to get a library membership. A lifelong reader, Basso had been living in countries where English wasn’t the official ...

The Vermillion Public Library and the library at the University of South Dakota have teamed up to teach community members how to become volunteer digital archivists.

Beginning this month, Hawaii residents will be able to sit down with trained “digital navigators ” at public libraries for help with everyday technology skills, part of a new state initiative to ...