After a summer renovation, University Library has replaced what was once the Reference Room with a modernized study lounge known as “1 South.” Located in the library’s first floor, the area was ...

The new Reference Room of the Gore Hall library adjoining the Delivery Room, has recently been opened. On one side will be found a few encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and general books of reference, of ...

With an awe-inspiring arched ceiling, walls of books ranging from Italian dictionaries to the Qur’an and the impressive stained glass windows above the entrance, there’s no shortage of artistic ...

One year ago, columnist Brian Kenney wrote a piece for PW titled “Where Reference Fits in the Modern Library.” The column addressed his frustration with the gulf between reference work as he ...

A plan to consolidate several reading rooms at the Library of Congress and offer “one-stop shopping” to patrons in search of information has rattled some library staff members, who worry that it will ...

1902 Coram Library opens. The library books are transferred from Hathorn by hand-cart over a wooden track stretching from Hathorn to Coram. There are 20,972 volumes in the collection. Estimated cost ...