ALA released a statement in response to the White House's March 14 executive order calling for the elimination of IMLS.

Andrea Jamison, assistant professor of school librarianship at Illinois State University in Normal, has withdrawn her ...

The March issue of Finance and Development (F&D) magazine explores the economics of talent, one of the world’s most valuable ...

I am a Korean American who was raised in Connecticut and frequented the Simsbury (Conn.) Public Library. I went to Ohio ...

Optimism is a discipline—a practice rooted in critical hope that empowers us to confront challenges and find or forge paths ...

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 ...

With the acceleration of human-driven climate change, libraries are playing an increased role in helping their communities navigate environmental calamities. The downtown public library in Asheville, ...

In 1979, Berkeley (Calif.) Public Library became one of the first libraries to start a tool lending program. Today, library patrons can choose from dozens of household options, from lawn mowers to ...

The current climate of censorship threatens to unravel the very fabric of librarianship. Librarians are under attack, facing threats to their safety and professional integrity, while at the same time ...

West Vancouver (B.C.) Memorial Library’s bee lending program sends patrons home with a bee bungalow, including 12 nesting tubes and 15 dormant cocoons. Through the program, participants care for their ...

I’m an optimist by nature, a true believer that anything is possible and can be accomplished with ingenuity, creative problem solving, collaboration, and hard work. It was with that mindset that I ...