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Solidarity amid Uncertainty Library Marketplace offerings highlight a need for strategic impact By Marshall Breeding | July 23, 2025 ...
A look back at the big-name speakers and educational programming at ALA's 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Geena Davis at the American Library Association’s 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia on June 30. Photo: EPNAC Hollywood has no shortage of polymaths, but Geena Davis might be in a ...
Library Learning Center at Texas Southern University in Houston. Photo: Kayla Hartzog Welcome to the 2020 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries ...
American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and those who have defended the right to read.
A panel of academic librarians convened by the Reference and User Services Association explores how to itegrate antiracism in cataloging.
Librarians are being asked to be social workers, EMTs, therapists, legal consultants, and more. Anne Ford interviews seven front-line librarians about this mission creep, the directions their ...
ALA announced the recipients of its 2024 Youth Media Awards at its LibLearnX conference in Baltimore on January 22.
Instead of just games and entertainment, virtual reality content is exploding with news, information, and educational content. Libraries and librarians are showing how they can innovate with this ...
American Library Association (ALA) affiliate, division, and unit leaders offer their reflections on race and racism in America.
Since President Trump retook office on January 20, libraries and librarianship have been assaulted via executive orders and other actions.
As technology changes library cataloging, we look back at its history and forward into its future.