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

September 10, 2025 150 × 100 ALA partners with Welcoming America to celebrate Welcoming Week 2025 ...

September 9, 2025 150 × 100 $1.5 billion AI piracy settlement rejected by federal judge ...

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

A look at the US Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection, held at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland.

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.

Columnist Allison Escoto reviews firsthand accounts of librarians, as well as realistic portrayals of the profession in ...

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 ...

Librarian Sondra Eklund spends her time stocking books for the public library system she works for in Virginia. One of her patrons recently asked the library to acquire a children’s book about pets ...

When she came across a book titled Rabbits: Children’s Animal Fact Book from the publisher Bold Kids, it seemed promising. Eklund hadn’t heard of Bold Kids before, but it offers nearly 500 books on ...