04/17/2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/arts/library-agency-trump-settlement.html
Threats to Library Funding End With Settlement by Trump Administration
The American Library Association and a union of cultural workers filed a lawsuit arguing that cuts ordered by President Trump were illegal.
03/31/2026
The CTS Writing Center is part of the CTS library and assistance is available to all CTS students.
CTS Library: CTS Library: Writing Center
CTS Library: CTS Library: Writing Center
02/16/2026
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=948423087392579&set=pb.100066746899224.-2207520000
In a program about resisting censorship, librarian Jo Godwin of the Brooklyn Library offers this point:
02/16/2026
Libraries in the news:
Nonprofit libraries ordered by State Department to stop processing passport applications
The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease and desist orders to not-for-profit libraries in late fall, informing them they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport Acceptance Facility program as of Friday.
01/27/2026
The CTS Library is closed Monday and Tuesday this week due to winter weather conditions. However, electronic access to the library and our research databases is unaffected.
CTS Library: CTS Library: About the Library
CTS Library: CTS Library: About the Library
11/18/2025
https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/libraries-well-being-report
Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library | The New York Public Library
By Daphna Blatt & Dr. E.K. Maloney, The New York Public LibraryDr. James O. Pawelski & Dr. Katherine N. Cotter, University of Pennsylvania In today’s society, libraries stand out as among the last truly public institutions. Providing access to resources without financial, social, or physical barri...
11/11/2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/rural-libraries.html
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
11/11/2025
https://www.libraryjournal.com/section/news
Library Journal
Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian is an all-volunteer effort to document everything on display at the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, the National Zoo, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Volunteers take photos and videos of exhibits in this crowdsourced archiving endeavor. Organizers call it ...
10/25/2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/nyregion/carnegie-libraries-checks.html
Why Carnegie’s Libraries Are Getting $10,000 Checks
There are still dozens of library branches that were built by Andrew Carnegie in the city. The Carnegie Corporation is giving them gifts.