A developer distilled Claude Opus 4.6's reasoning into a local Qwen model anyone can run. The result is Qwopus—and it's ...

Editor’s Note: A previously published version of this story stated that the Bozeman Public Library’s Bookmobile could deliver books anywhere in town upon request. On March 13, this article was ...

What can't your library card do? You can use it to check out books, ebooks, music and movies, of course; use computers, printers and copiers for free; "borrow" a mobile hotspot to get online; and ...

He’s making a return on his promise. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is turning the page on his campaign promise to boost funding for libraries — instead pushing to slash their budgets by nearly $30 million — ...

After touting the importance of libraries as a candidate, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is following in the footsteps of his predecessor by proposing budget cuts that could force service reductions at branches ...

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Every Story Counts is a statewide initiative to capture data, stories and photos about how and why Californians use their local public Libraries. During the week of January 25–31, 2026 Tulare County ...

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A vital library in the St. Paul community is set to close at the end of this year for safety renovations, but not everyone is on board with the change. In the 2025 budget, the city council set aside ...

GREENVILLE — Greenville County has 12 library locations, but the system offers more than just books. More than 1 million people visited local library branches last fiscal year, according to Greenville ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor to use a Quran, Islam’s holiest book, at his midnight swearing-in ceremony Thursday. As first reported by the New York Times, ...

This data was collected using Smathers Libraries Occupancy Counts during library weekday hours (8 a.m. to 1 a.m.). Data was collected from Sept. 29 to Oct. 14. Over a year ago, UF’s Marston Science ...