With Banned Books Week 2026 (Oct. 4-10) approaching, The Seattle Public Library’s Books Unbanned program has passed a major ...

Text description provided by the architects. The Seattle Central Library redefines the library as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to the book, but as an information store where all ...

In a press release on Thursday, Seattle Public Libraries announced that its Unbanned Books program reached over 1 million electronic checkouts.

Seattle Public Library just added two new library card designs, created by local artists. Here’s a look at the new options and how to get one.

SEATTLE — Seattle voters will decide in August whether to renew funding for the Seattle Public Library through a proposed 2026 library levy, a measure library leaders say is critical to maintaining ...

The Seattle Public Library would like you, please, to not return your books. The library and its 27 branches continue to struggle through a ransomware attack that has disabled its networks, rendered ...

A sign on an entrance to the Broadview branch of Seattle Public Library after a cybersecurity incident in May. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) In its latest update about the ransomware attack that ...

Occupy Seattle has opened a popup People’s Library on the lawn of the Central District’s Douglass Truth Library branch on 23rd Avenue and E Yelser Way this week while the Seattle Public Library ...

On the ninth floor of the downtown Seattle Central Library, there’s a window that was shattered from the inside. Staff put a board over it and hid it with a trash can, and even though the largest ...