International Lego Day is Saturday, Jan. 28 and the Killeen’s Main Library and Copper Mountain Branch Library will be celebrating at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature piles of Lego bricks and fun challenges.
The...
source: Killeen Daily Herald
Stepping into the new West Oso Elementary School library for the first time, third grader Penelope Lopez declared it "10 out of 10."
"Reading is my favorite subject," Penelope said.
The school unveiled the renovated space,...
source: Caller Times
One Waco school will honor two beloved former employees this week, by rededicating its library in their honor.
Mountainview Elementary has decided to honor former principal Raymond Weldon and former librarian Dottie Buchanan...
source: KCEN-TV
The Frisco Public Library is starting a new chapter with its move from the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, bringing to a close a process nearly seven years in the making.
When the library reopens in early February at 8000 Dallas Parkway, visitors will get their first...
source: Community Impact
A school librarian looks through titles at a book giveaway held for educators in Florida last summer. The mothers who organized the event hoped to make it easier for school librarians to get their hands on titles amid a near-total...
source: The Washington Post
Tuesday morning, Midland County Commissioners passed motions for Midland County Public Libraries to continue making way for more opportunities for their patrons, especially those who are on the job hunt.
So far, Centennial...
source: KWES-TV
The 2023 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List is here!
Since 2009, the goal of the Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List is to highlight outstanding fiction that is “simply a pleasure to read.” To that end, a committee of librarians from the Texas Library Association...
source: TLA
The Texas Library Association is thrilled to announce the new Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List! The purpose of the Texas Topaz Reading List is to provide children, teens, and adults with recommended nonfiction titles that stimulate reading for pleasure and personal learning....
source: TLA
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the reading skills of many children, local libraries and some nonprofit organizations nationwide are working to help remedy these shortcomings.
“If you think about it, the library may be...
source: KTRE-TV
Nearly a decade after the project was approved, the $30 million Round Rock Public Library will open its doors at the end of the month.
“This project had been a labor of love for almost ten years,” said Michelle...
source: KXAN-TV
Nothing makes the radical transformation of this formerly sleepy college town clearer than gazing north up Congress Avenue. This onetime low-rise assemblage of appliance shops, ice cream parlors, and department stores in the shadow...
source: Texas Monthly
Public libraries in Nueces County are challenging young children to read 1,000 books before they begin kindergarten. The initiative is made possible though $10,000 in funding from the Texas Reads Grant, a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
source: Corpus Christi Business News
The internet. Smartphones. Google. All technological advancements that changed the way we live and work. Will ChatGPT be added to the list?
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot using software that replicates human conversation...
source: School Librarian Journal
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce fifteen libraries selected to host the traveling exhibition World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration, developed by the American Anthropological...
source: ALA
Warning labels on LGBTQ-themed books in Florida. Challenges to books related to race, sexuality or gender identity in Ohio, Missouri, Virginia and Pennsylvania. A Texas principal placed on leave after accusations of promoting critical race theory.
source: KQED-TV
