The downtown Dallas public library strives to be a place that doesn't just tolerate the homeless, but welcomes them. A big city library has turned around the way it handles some of its most ...

On May 4, the Dallas Public Library will be resuming its in-person service at 27 branch locations along with the city's Central Library. Customers will be able to browse the library's collection, ...

Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, the first collected edition of his plays preserved, are on display on the newly renovated seventh floor inside the Dallas Public Library.

After the demise last summer of its bookstore, BookEnds, now the site of the madhouse that is the Office of Vital Statistics on the first floor of its downtown branch, the Dallas Public Library turned ...

The Dallas Public Library has a fraught relationship with downtown’s homeless population, on the one hand reluctantly accepting that they are members of the “public” the institution was built to serve ...

Kristie Holt, co-owner of Local Hub Bicycle Co., service manager John Kendall and Mark Draz, a librarian at the downtown Dallas branch, are behind the idea of the bookbike in Dallas. Ben Torres / ...

It was years ago when I wandered into my neighborhood library, the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, and stumbled upon a plethora of cookbooks on the shelves. It was overwhelming at the time: How would ...

Dallas Public Library cards include a person's full name. Advocates say a modified library card should be used as another form of government issued ID. Accessing basic services can be difficult ...

People who are homeless often spend lots of time at libraries, but they're not always welcomed. That's not the case in Dallas, which goes out of its way to help the homeless. In a lot of cities, ...

Riley Gale, frontman of the great Dallas thrash band Power Trip, died in August at the way too young age of 34. He was one of those rare people who pretty much everyone seemed to love and no one had a ...

The Renner Frankford Library in far North Dallas is throwing away more than 38,000 books after last month's winter storm caused significant damage to the building. Dallas City Councilwoman Cara ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dodging library fines in Dallas? Well, relief could be on the way. Jo Giudice, the director of libraries for the City of Dallas, is asking the city council to eliminate fines for ...