Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library in the United States. The present Copley Square location has been home to the Library since 1895, when architect Charles Follen ...

The Boston Public Library is releasing three patron-designed library cards in honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month.

Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest public library systems in the country, is launching a project this summer with OpenAI and Harvard Law School to make its trove of historically ...

As libraries nationwide grapple with increasing pressures to remove certain books from their shelves, the Boston Public Library (BPL) is taking a bold stand by extending its digital collection to ...

BOSTON, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Associates of the Boston Public Library is posting a call for applications for our 2025–26 Writer-in-Residence program. Now in its twenty-first year, the ...

Boston is making reading on-the-go more accessible through a pilot program that will allow riders to access digital content from audiobooks to newspapers at some bus stops across the city – no library ...

Boston is rich with museums, but one of the city’s most important artwork cycles is on display in a library. The Boston Public Library’s former Book Delivery Room is distinctively adorned with 15 ...

Days after moving into its new headquarters down the street, LEGO has announced a new partnership with the Boston Public Library that will bring learning and interactive play to over 150,000 children ...

BOSTON - Employees at the Boston Public Library (BPL) want to donate their sick time to a co-worker who's battling cancer. But the union says the city is blocking their gift of compassion. Eve Griffin ...

FLOURISHING. WITH ALL THE SERIOUS CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC LIBRARIES TODAY, IT’S ALSO HELPFUL TO STEP BACK A BIT TO THE START. THE FRANKLIN MASS. PUBLIC LIBRARY, ENDOWED ORIGINALLY WITH BOOKS DONATED ...

A “trans period pride” event that caused an uproar on right-wing social media channels will no longer be hosted by the Boston Public Library, and will be moved to a new location, city officials said.