A narrow staircase, grimy and dark, led up to a shimmering new world — a fascinating land beyond the muddy canal town of Akron. Although the room was quite small, it was packed to the ceiling with ...

AKRON, Ohio - Soon all you'll need is a library card to borrow original artwork from the Akron Art Museum. The museum's new Akron Art Library, set to launch later this month, so far encompasses 27 ...

On May 30, the Akron-Summit County Public Library experienced a systemwide technology outage, impacting the phones, website and other electronic services at all of its locations. A week later, the ...

Banned Books Box is a subscription service that delivers recipients one or two recently banned or challenged books each month ...

The Masonic Temple was the first home of what today is the Akron-Summit County Public Library. The Akron Public Library first opened its doors on March 1, 1874. To celebrate its 150th anniversary, the ...

A librarian by day, a musician by night. The quiet world of archival research blends seamlessly with the raucous world of rock ’n’ roll in the life of Mary Plazo, 54, the manager of the Special ...

Stevenson, who became the executive director of the Akron-Summit County Public Library in 2018, will retire at the end of the year.

The Akron Borough Council’s proposed 2023 budget includes no funding for the Ephrata Public Library, the first time in over 30 years the municipality’s elected leaders have withheld the contribution.

The Akron-Summit County Public Library is going fine free. The Akron-Summit County Public Library is joining a growing trend of libraries across the state and country in eliminating overdue fees for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AKRON, Ohio — The Children’s Library at the ...

Over 60 Akron residents jammed into Borough Council’s chambers Monday with one topic in mind: whether to cut Ephrata Public Library’s funding. The borough’s proposed 2023 budget contains no funds for ...