Illinois is the first state to ban the practice of banning books. We asked a librarian and a teacher how this new law will affect their work.

Foundations for the public libraries in Champaign and Urbana are getting more sophisticated in seeking donations to help the libraries with special projects from building maintenance to cultural programs.

The Urbana Free Library is launching a vinyl record collection, in response to the interest in vinyl recordings that has persists, despite the dominance of digital formats.

Part-time workers at the Urbana Free Library say they've been hit with reductions in work hours that leave them carrying too much of the burden of a 5.5% budget cuts.

Patrons of the Champaign Public Library will soon have fewer hours to use their services, but library officials say they don’t expect further cuts next year.