The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years. The church bells were silent and much of the city was still ...

An iconic Nineties teen comedy, a mind-bending Christopher Nolan favorite, and one of Pixar’s most beloved films are set to join the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. The LoC revealed its ...

Angela Bassett's remarkable legacy will take center stage at the 2026 BLACK ENTERPRISE Women of Power Summit. Angela Bassett’s trailblazing film and television career will take center stage at the ...

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. By Eric Niiler The ...

Chris Woodard interviews his mother, Angela Woodard, at LAMP for the Veterans History Project. U.S. Air Force veteran Angela Woodard recently recorded her story for the Library of Congress. She didn’t ...

Visitors look at Library of Us, an installation by British artist Es Devlin, during Miami Art Week. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images A glowing triangle that rotates like the needle of a compass ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

Angela Marie Lafler, 38, of Roseville, California, passed away of natural causes on Nov. 11, 2025. Angela was born on Aug. 2, 1987, in Orange County, California, and grew up in Orcutt. She attended ...

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Public libraries have long been pillars of community access and learning. Today, many libraries’ roles are expanding beyond books and media to include nontraditional resources through the growing ...

It is a scene that feels straight out of fiction, the jumping-off point for a fable. In the bowels of a building at a London university, a curious professor opens a turquoise door that reads “Map Room ...