Problem, research strategy, and findings We explored the contributions of local public
libraries to community resilience in the face of economic hardships, extreme weather events …

The recent spike in book challenges has put school libraries at the center of heated political
debates. I investigate the relationship between local politics and school library collections …

Abstract Between 1890 and 1921, Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,618 public
libraries in cities and towns across the United States. I link these library construction grants …

Public libraries are important informational, cultural, social, and educational institutions.
Although the research has shown their significant presence, value, and effectiveness in …

This paper investigates the effect of public library programmes and participation on
unemployment and labour force participation in Appalachia. Appalachia is an economically …

We examine the relationship between public libraries and local crime rates. Previous studies
have looked at different factors that could account for changes in crime, but few have …

Many libraries serve multilingual communities, however, research around multilingual
libraries remains sparse. This study provides a theorized understanding of how a …

Libraries deliver the majority of US book consumption, and library costs are kept low by the
first sale doctrine's guarantee that libraries can lend print books without additional …

The present article describes recent developments related to the study of libraries in the field
of economics. In terms of scope, there is considerable variation in economic applications …

Governments adapting to and mitigating climate change face trade-offs between the local
impacts of infrastructure designed to address it and national action plans. Reservoir dams …