The National Library of Education’s sub-basement floor, closed to the public, houses hundreds of old textbooks. It also housed a hazardous mold and dust-mite problem for a while, now resolved. —James ...

These days, the Smithtown Library basement resembles an empty warehouse more than a place where people used to study historic documents and take out DVDs. An area that once held more than 21,000 ...

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Welcome back, adventurers, to the continuation of the series where we answer that age-old question, “What’s in the basement at A.K. Smiley Public Library?” Our latest exploration into the depths of ...

The most popular area of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library is the basement, which has been closed to the public since it was heavily damaged during June flooding. The Friends of the Library donated ...

Lancaster Public Library has closed its basement to public access, temporarily blocking patrons from borrowing books from the adult nonfiction, biography and reference collections. The problem, ...

What started as an archive to document Washington, D.C.’s fabled punk music history evolved into wider support of the city’s current music scene, including hosting basement shows—a punk staple—in the ...