Though commonly imagined to be dusty spaces containing rare objects from the distant past, archives are deeply tied to the ...

On June 6, a federal judge denied a motion to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The American Library Association (ALA) issued ...

Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle discusses the music industry copyright lawsuit against the Archive and why he feels ...

Amid headline-grabbing chaos in the federal government, behind-the-scenes work progresses in Congress to secure funding for ...

ALA returns to Philadelphia for its 2025 Annual Conference (June 26–30), featuring authors, education programs, and ...

As PowerPoint finds new life among Gen Zers who share niche slideshows on social media, now libraries are hosting PowerPoint ...

The “start, stop, change” approach to thinking about the future can show us what we might be missing and where ALA can have ...

At George A. Jackson Elementary School in Jericho, New York, educators wanted to help students discover the power of their voices. During the 2023–2024 school year, as part of a unit about natural ...

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 ...

That’s what science librarian René Tanner—one of the dozens of librarians and experts whose actions American Libraries highlights in our Sustainability Issue—tells us. At a time when climate change ...

On January 27, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, ...