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Google Brings AI Music Generation to Gemini—We Tried It, and It's Too Little Too Late

Google AI music generator Lyria 3 is now available on the Gemini app. It works—mostly—but the competition has a big head start.
Chicago Tribune

Naperville News Digest: Library releases report showing strong library use; Will County to hold vaccination clinic on Wednesday

About 81% of Naperville households have at least one library card, an all-time high, according to the Naperville Public Library’s annual report released this week. In 2025, the number of cardholders ...
ourvalleyvoice

Every Story Counts… A week in the life of your public Library: Tulare County Library wants to hear how and why YOU use your Library

Every Story Counts is a statewide initiative to capture data, stories and photos about how and why Californians use their local public Libraries. During the week of January 25–31, 2026 Tulare County ...
Case Western Reserve University

Fair Use: An Exception to Copyright

Fair use is a concept in US copyright law that was created to balance the exclusive rights of copyright owners and the needs of everyday users of copyrighted material. Fair use of copyrighted works, ...
Post and Courier

5 unexpected ways to use your Greenville County library card

GREENVILLE — Greenville County has 12 library locations, but the system offers more than just books. More than 1 million people visited local library branches last fiscal year, according to Greenville ...
Staten Island Advance

Mamdani to use New York Public Library Quran at midnight swearing-in

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor to use a Quran, Islam’s holiest book, at his midnight swearing-in ceremony Thursday. As first reported by the New York Times, ...
Independent Florida Alligator

Marston will offer later hours this Spring. But data shows library use drops off at night

This data was collected using Smathers Libraries Occupancy Counts during library weekday hours (8 a.m. to 1 a.m.). Data was collected from Sept. 29 to Oct. 14. Over a year ago, UF’s Marston Science ...
McAlester News-Capital

MPL introduces new way to use the library

A new way to use the library is coming to McAlester residents thanks to a library hold locker. The McAlester Public Library installed a new library hold locker at McAlester City Hall. The locker ...
KSTP-TV

Disagreement over how to use funds as Rondo Community Library prepares to close for renovations

A vital library in the St. Paul community is set to close at the end of this year for safety renovations, but not everyone is on board with the change. In the 2025 budget, the city council set aside ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Flagler opens Nexus Center, home to new library, county departments

The facility will serve as the new home for the Bunnell Library and the Health and Human Services Department. Officials state the center is designed to expand accessible resources and services to the ...
The Texas Tribune

Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge

Will you share your thoughts in our annual survey? Never miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter. Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. The Texas Tribune ...