Public Library

D.C.’s central library is set to reopen next month after a $211 million renovation that preserves the historic interior and adds light, a grand reading room and a rooftop garden.  The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will open its doors on Sept. 24 after six years of work. News4 got a sneak peek. Inside, it’s a completely different...

The city of Santa Monica and its residents responded Monday with surprise and outrage to reports of a pornographic video recorded at a public library. The video was shot at Ocean Park Library, reportedly during business hours, and uploaded to an adult film website. It’s unclear when the video was made.  “That is wrong, it is completely wrong,” resident...

The D.C. Public Library is looking to add books written and self-published by local authors to their online collection.

Snakes like to curl up with a good book too. Four garter snakes found in a public library in Georgetown caused the library to close for four days. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

Former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Jacqueline Laurita says her young son with autism was kicked out of their local library for making noises, including “non contextual vocals and tapping.” Laurita, 47, posted videos on Facebook Sunday of her 8-year-old son Nicholas at their local public library in Franklin Lakes. He’s seen taking individual DVD cases from the shelf,...

Sex and drug use were some of the illegal activities caught on camera at branches of the Los Angeles Public Library during a three-month undercover investigation by the NBC4 I-Team. Hidden cameras at locations in the nation’s largest library system captured scenes of drug users shooting up and other activity that the head of the library system described as “shocking”...