The new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature i s a prolific, best-selling author of children's books who hopes to use his two-year term to promote the wonders of picture stories.

ASTANA – The upcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Astana marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the event is hosted in Eastern Asia. The annual congress gathers ...

Dedicated to preserving America's cultural heritage, the US Library of Congress has submitted numerous pop songs to their registry archive since 2002.

It's located on the National Mall nearby the U.S. Botanic ... walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

James McBride, an award-winning author, musician and screenwriter, will take part in an online discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday through the Illinois Libraries Present program in collaboration with ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has issued a directive to state officials ordering them to bar pardoned Jan. 6 rioters from serving ...

The Civics and Cinema program will continue with the classic Marx Brothers film Duck Soup at 5 pm on Tuesday, January 28th at the Rivoli Theatre and Pizzeria ...

(NEXSTAR) – For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, but there are some noteworthy exceptions.

The immersive, hologram-filled Ram Katha museum in Ayodhya is planned to open next year, while the Indo-Islamic Cultural ...

Have you ever finished a Studs Terkel book and wondered, whatever happened to the people he interviewed? A seven-episode ...

The inauguration ceremony would move to Washington D.C. for Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 oath of office, according to the National Library of Congress, but circumstances in subsequent years would ...