Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. 160 million people in the United States don’t own a library ...

If libraries are the door to knowledge, library cards are the key. Once a mere slip of paper bearing a patron’s name, the library card is evolving into a technologically sophisticated tool that can ...

Just when we feared the public library might slip into oblivion as little more than an artifact of the analog age, #LibraryTok put the centuries-old democratic institution back on the map. Pioneered ...

Men working at linotype machines in the Card Division Printing Office of the Library of Congress (c. 1900-1920), from The Card Catalog: Books, Cards and Literary Treasures by the Library of Congress, ...

I’m part of the Multnomah County Library system, and I’m frankly spoiled by all of the things available with just a free ...

The card features a detail from the library’s rare copy of the Declaration of Independence written in Jefferson’s hand.

Have you “checked out” what your library card is capable of? Whether you’re saving for your upcoming vacation, or love a good deal almost as much as Graeter’s, we have you covered. The Makerspace ...

In celebration of Library Card Sign-Up month, the Sonoma County Library is rolling out two new library cards — a “Peanuts” classic and another designed by 7-year-old Caleb Tisthammer of Rohnert Park.

Snoopy has inspired all of us at Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library (CCPL) to expand Library Card Sign-Up Month into a dog-­tastic extravaganza. We are crowdsourcing a “top dog” to be featured on ...