As shortcomings of the agents become apparent, researchers are proposing strategies to help them improve their outputs

Patrons borrowing an e-book or a digital audiobook from their local library may not realize that libraries pay four or five times more for those materials than the average consumer.

We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

Disputes over library books and programs are pulling Somerset and Hunterdon communities into a divisive culture war.