Much needed - but will it make any difference?

Divisive politics have led people to go “no contact” with their MAGA parents. Some hope reading together could help bridge the gap.

OpenAI said it's hiring a forensic psychiatrist to help research the effects of its AI products on users' mental health.

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a microphone says huge impact

Open Fifth invites non-customers across all sectors to join us for an afternoon of learning and exchange

A team of researchers have created a dataset using only openly licensed or public domain content and used it to train an AI model.

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by TrumpFrom CBS Sunday Morning: Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to hold the position of Librari...

Two Justice Department officials who thought they had been appointed into top roles at the library were denied entry on Monday.

Today is the 80th anniversary of VE Day. On this date in 1945, the Second World War allies formally accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces. Amongst the articles publis…

Researchers from Stanford and the tech safety nonprofit Common Sense Media say children shouldn't be talking to AI companion bots.

The painting depicts a handsome figure with thickset brows and the Latin words “Mora, Negare, Deponere” (“Delay, Deny, Depose.”)

The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a global organization dedicated to supporting information professionals and specialized librarians, has announced it will begin a dissolution process after 116 years of service to the profession.

Graffiti artist 10Foot has invited creators and agitators – including Banksy – to make unprecedented contributions to this week's Big Issue.

Rapper is honoured for his philanthropic work alongside the likes of John Rutter, Angela Davis and Simon Russell Beale

An executive order demands workforce and operation reductions “that the President has determined are unnecessary” at the IMLS and several agencies.

With his plant-based compositions, biologist-turned-musician Tarun Nayar wants to change how we engage with nature.

Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.

From the original doll of 1959 to the Barbies of today, an exhibition tracks the life of an icon that just became a senior citizen.

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All 24 jobs at Dundee University’s Leverhulme research centre could be axed because of £30m budget deficit

Work on the Thames Tideway tunnel is completing which sees a newly landscaped area of Deptford now underway

The archive of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, an early innovator in electronic music, is being made available to the public for the first name.

Top chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Gemini spit out deranged hallucinations when asked about peoples' marital status.

In an effort to recover a long-lost crypto wallet, one man is attempting to purchase an entire landfill where he believes it was thrown away.

Do people really fall in love with AI? I dated bots from four different companies for a week—and found out it was easier than I thought.

The FGEE's 2024 'Barometer of Reading and Book Purchasing Habits in Spain' shows reading for pleasure on the rise…