Library advocates are asking state legislators to fully fund the Connecticut reciprocal borrowing program “borrowIT CT” after Gov. Ned Lamont proposed a 20% cut to the program’s budget. BorrowIT CT, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A vital service at the downtown Spokane Public Library will soon come to an end. The program that for the past two years has helped connect hundreds of homeless people with essential ...

Addison Public Library librarians Sara Lock, left, and Lesley Cyrier, right, are part of a statewide program offering digital literacy and access for Illinois residents needing to connect to civil ...

February is Love Your Library Month, and here in Blount County, we have plenty to celebrate. The Blount County Public Library (BCPL) is more than a place to borrow books — it is a community hub of ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — What would Dolly do? That's what Sheboygan asked itself on the country music legend's 80th birthday this week, and the answer was clear: launch its own Imagination Library program.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will restart in Fayette County after a temporary pause due to funding challenges, with help from anonymous matching funds. The Fayette ...

The Los Angeles County Library is launching a new free in-person tutoring program to support students in first through sixth grade. Following the success of the library’s Reading Stars and Summer ...

Many say the free book program is Parton’s most enduring legacy, even surpassing her classic songs and movies. Imagination Library delivers free books each month to more than 3 million kids around the ...

Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday Jan. 19, 2026. Her Imagination Library program launched in 1995 in Sevier County as a tribute to her dad, Robert Lee Parton. Imagination Library delivers free ...

The program features pianist Yuka Nakayama-Lewicki and violinist Yuko Nakamura performing “Haru no Umi” (“The Sea in Spring”) and popular Japanese folk song “Hamabe no Uta” (“Song of the Seashore”).

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library is expanding what residents can borrow beyond books with its growing Library of Things. The Library of Things is a collection of items designed ...