Albany Public Library

Albany residents will go to the polls next week to vote on the city school district budget and a spending plan for local libraries.

As the June 24th primary nears, several candidates in Albany and Schenectady will not be on the ballot as planned.

City and state officials marked the 40th anniversary of Public Service Recognition Week Monday at the Albany Public Library.

Linda Mary Wagner’s new memoir, "Rear-View Reflections on Radical Change," offers a distinctive perspective on 50 years of social movements that have shaped our world. This collection of essays, nonfiction stories, and poems written between 1972 and 2022 calls for unity around the goal of climate action for the sake of all the world’s children today and tomorrow.

Many local libraries have done away with fines for overdue materials.

This week, the Albany Common Council unanimously passed a measure designed to pave the way for free or low-cost municipal broadband service.10th Ward…

A Capital Region public library is beginning to reopen branches for in-person visits.The Albany Public Library, whose branches turned to curbside service…

With COVID-19 cases continuing to increase, major public libraries have reduced services.As of Tuesday the Troy Public Library and the Lansingburgh branch…

With some new precautions, public libraries in New York are preparing to reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic forced their shutdown in March.Patrons of…

Among the buildings that have been shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic are public libraries. And though digital services continue, Albany Public…