Dan Montgomery will start his role on November 10 as the American Library Association’s new executive director.

Libraries have become frequent targets of ransomware attacks. These libraries' experiences offer lessons in responding and ...

Chosen by juries of their peers, the winners of the 2025 ALA Awards embody the best of the profession’s leadership, vision, ...

In a growing number of public libraries, virtual driving simulators let users practice driving skills in a safe, low-pressure ...

At the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries, we’ve brought students into libraries by bringing the library to ...

Librarians from Stark Library’s Main Library in Canton, Ohio, discuss how they enlisted teens to help plan and design teen spaces.

Welcome to the 2025 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Today’s libraries are places where people from diverse ...

August 19, 2025 750 × 500 2025 Library Design Showcase ...

Chloe Veltman writes: “Boston Public Library (BPL) is launching a project this summer with OpenAI and Harvard Law School to make its trove of historically significant government documents more ...

Martha Hickson, a recently retired media specialist who fought censorship at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey, shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (seated) after he ...

Since President Trump retook office on January 20, libraries and librarianship have been assaulted via executive orders and other actions. While the legality of many of these actions is still being ...