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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"The project has been great for the Media Lab, because it allows us to reach learners and communities we may not reach through online-only programs," Schmidt said in an email. "And the libraries ...

AKRON, Ohio — Library patrons can now reap what they check out. Akron-Summit County Public Library recently added a seed-sharing library, a resource for distributing primarily heirloom vegetable seeds ...

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.

Linda Hale probably knows every nook and cranny of the downtown Akron-Summit County Public Library. Hale is the microbusiness specialist at the library’s new Microbusiness Center, which had a soft ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...