Celebrating the first birthday of the new Library of Birmingham, here are 21 things you might not know about the city's libraries past and present. We have also delved into our own library of images ...

Armoury Group has completed Phase 1 of the demolition required for the construction of the new Birmingham library The Big City Plan will see a £193 million (US$300 million) new high specification ...

Answer the call and take this five minute survey to help shape the future of your local library. The Birmingham Public ...

Twenty eight libraries are to stay open across Birmingham after a campaign led by activists, children and celebrity authors.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WVTM) — The Birmingham Public Library is buzzing with more than the sound of turning pages. Local hip hop artists Shaheed and DJ Supreme are using music to transform the space into ...

Former teacher Jim Well gathered hundreds of signatures for a petition to keep Erdington library open across the week Campaigners have vowed to continue to fight cuts to Birmingham's library service ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Birmingham City Council (Birmingham City Council) A historic Birmingham library that 'will never reopen' in its original ...

In an era when reading just about anything on paper seems almost archaic, Birmingham is making a big bet on the printed word. On Tuesday, this industrial city of one million people, where the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city’s library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according to the library and an obituary published by ...

They are small pieces of animal skin that could change our understanding of Islam's holy book. Scientists have discovered that pages of the Qur'an found hidden away at a Birmingham University library ...