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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The basement level of the Lancaster Public Library will remain closed to patrons for the foreseeable future. The basement, which houses nonfiction, biography and reference materials, was closed in ...

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The renovations to the basement of Van Pelt Library will upgrade the furniture, lighting, and electrical system of the space. (File Photo) Van Pelt Library's basement will undergo a major renovation ...

The Astoria Library’s basement contains a trove of documents, treasures and artifacts of Astoriana. For decades, the dark, dry space has stored assorted city records and valuables donated by local ...