Some libraries aren't just places to borrow books — they're destinations with deep history and architecture that tell stories beyond the pages. The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025 highlights some of the ...

Beautiful libraries are all around the world, from Portugal to Japan. To honour World Book Day on 23 April, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) took to ...

Many of us largely think of libraries as functional buildings — places where we borrow free books and where access to those books levels the playing field, providing knowledge and escape to anyone ...

The world’s oldest known library, the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, in what is today Iraq, was created in the seventh century B.C.E. to store clay tablets used for recordkeeping. Its librarians ...