CHICAGO (WLS) -- A love of books and a passion for advocating for people's rights led Tracie Hall to lead the American Library Association. She is the first African American woman to do so. "It's ...

Explore the Little Italy, Thomas Hughes, Bucktown-Wicker Park and Chinatown branches — top Chicago Public Library spots packed with fun for kids and teens. Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago is inviting residents to join the city's largest book club. On Wednesday, the Chicago Public Library announced its latest pick for the One Book, One Chicago program. The ...

Join Colson Whitehead, Rebecca Makkai, Richard Hunt, and Bob Wislow on November 1 to celebrate the power of public libraries. This November, the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards returns for ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A new library branch with special early literacy learning features has opened on Chicago’s Northwest side. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon and local ...

Updating its long-running Museum Passport program for the digital world, the Chicago Public Library has launched a new program to expand access to Chicago’s museums and parks. Twenty years after the ...

A. T. Andreas's An Imaginary View of the Site of Chicago in 1779, in History of Chicago Credit: A. T. Andreas/Edward E. Ayer Collection “Indigenous Chicago,” created through a collaboration between ...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Tool Library, located in the city's West Garfield Park neighborhood, boasts around 3,000 tools for residents to borrow, and around 5,000 tools for community groups to borrow, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- At first look, it's easy to mistake this Garfield Park warehouse for a Home Depot or a Lowe's. But this place isn't that at all. "A lot of people had never heard of the concept before ...

Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library inside the Harold Washington Library Center, (c) City of Chicago Libraries aren’t just for borrowing books anymore — especially ...