Take a closer look the next time you head to your local branch—we've found 15 things you probably didn't know you could check out from the library.

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch.

It's no longer necessary for people in Queens to go to the library to renew their books. The Queens Borough Public Library - with 16.8 million items available to take out, the largest public ...

More St. Louis County libraries are teaming up with the American Heart Association to offer blood pressure cuffs for checkout, to help people take charge of their health. Library branches have 100 ...

Susan Orlean sifts through the ashes to find the man who burned 1 million books.

Iris Tashjian (center) and another participant talk about their favorite books while getting to know each other at a speed dating event for the LGBT community at the Main Library in San Francisco ...

Culture News ‘Unjudge Someone’: Check Out a Living, Breathing ‘Book’ at the Human Library The Human Library comes to Cincinnati for the first time November 12, and now is your chance to have the ...

The Denver Public Library released its list of the ten most checked-out items from the last year and not a single book made the cut.

Starting today, library patrons and Amazon e-book lovers have no reason to needle each other over which source of books is superior. Or at the very least, they have a comfortable meeting place ...

Consumer Watch: Libraries of today are far more than books Check out the library for movies, audio books, events, Internet and far more April 28, 2019 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated April 26, 2019 at 10: ...

St. Tammany Parish witnessed a contentious council meeting Wednesday (Aug. 30) as a proposal to alter how minors check out library books failed to garner enough support.

Some libraries offer more than books. Here's a surprising collection of useful items and educational resources that you can check out.