The new policy applies retroactively to existing daily overdue fines. So if you owed the library money, you're off the hook.
Spring is in the air, and here at the Ralston Library, we are ready for the warmer weather.
For most libraries, including the Omaha Public Library, fines have a disproportionate impact on low-income communities, writes Laura Marlane, executive director of the library.
Someone recently turned in a book that was supposed to have been returned to the Omaha Public Library on July 29, 1970.
PennyGem’s Elizabeth Keatinge tells us what the habits of frugal people are.
Feeling nostalgic for the books of my youth on these cold, snowy days, I recently reread “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith.
January is almost over and I am looking forward to Groundhog Day, February 2nd, to tell me whether this weird winter will be short or if we wi…
Baright Public Library presented its annual report to the Ralston City Council on Jan. 5.
After removing almost half of its library in December, Netflix is taking it easy this month.
Experienced bakers and those looking to learn have a new resource in the Gretna Public Library.
The library now has about 200 books. “You never know what treasures are left or found," said Amber Bakken, the property manager of Oak View Mall.
You've seen them in front yards across the Omaha metro area.
Libraries in Japan are hoping a machine that sterilizes books using ultraviolet light will give visitors reassurance to take out publications …
Earlier this year (prepandemic), I received some wonder fulletters from Ms. Amanda Howe's third-grade students at Holling Heights Elementary S…
You know what they say, the best things in life are free. Here are five things you can actually get for free. PennyGem’s Johana Restrepo has more.
Library Director Karen Connell explains what is different about the current project versus the one that failed in 2017, including the advertis…
Overdue fines keeping you from a library visit? The library is waiving $2 in overdue fines for every canned or boxed food item donated at the …
What would happen, Tracy Aiden wondered, if there were not only more little free libraries in neighborhoods of color, but if they were dedicated to books that told stories of kids of color?
Michael LeClair had parked outside the Milton R. Abrahams Library half an hour before it opened, eager to get back to his routine of using a c…
Omaha’s readers, library employees and those who use the libraries’ services rejoiced Monday as the first round of city libraries reopened to the public.
September is National Library Card Signup Month. In celebration of this initiative, check out these staff-recommended books about libraries and librarians.
September is National Library Card Signup Month. It's a time when the American Library Association and libraries nationwide join together to r…
Celebrate library card sign-up month this September with our library and other libraries nationwide by reminding everyone that a library is th…
Libraries closed on March 16 to help decrease the spread of the coronavirus, and remained closed due to City of Omaha budget concerns. Working…
Nebraska author Kassandra Montag's debut novel imagines what would happen if floods destroyed America.
