Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. TV didn’t kill radio and TikTok hasn’t killed books. In fact, ...

Many academic librarians wonder how to get more students into campus libraries. At the University of Florida’s (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries in Gainesville, we’ve had success by bringing the ...

When PPG founder John Baptiste Ford built the YMCA in Tarentum and insisted that it have a reading room, he couldn’t have imagined that a few stacks of books would eventually result in a ...

Reading Room: New and Reimagined Libraries of the American West, by Lara Swimmer (photography) and Laura Raskin (words). Forward by Marcellus Turner. Artifice Press, 208 pages, $34.95, click to ...

This past year, a variety of changes have been implemented in the Cathey Reading Room at Harper Memorial Library. Preparations for new interior renovations of the Reading Room began on July 24, 2024, ...

The Pierce Reading Room on the third floor of Lauinger Library (Lau) will open Jan. 7, 2026, after a yearlong renovation, the university announced Nov. 25. The renovation, which began Jan. 14, aimed ...

The Pierce Reading Room on the third floor of Lauinger Library closed Jan. 14 for a yearlong renovation that will redesign and expand the physical space as well as introduce new technology. Georgetown ...