Now is the time to take stock of progress on library priorities, particularly federal funding and the upcoming budget ...

Academy Award–winning actor Geena Davis wrote and illustrated The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page because she was “a tall ...

Into the Future United Virtual focuses on the advocate’s role in defending intellectual freedom, raising funds, and sustaining libraries January 2, 2025 ...

July 9, 2025 150 × 100 How funding cuts threaten US political history ...

Katie Burkholder writes: “After 15 years of working at the Pierce County Public Library in Blackshear, Georgia, where she advanced from part-time clerk to branch manager, Lavonnia Moore was ...

Critical librarianship supports the belief that, in our work as librarians, we should examine and fight attempts at social oppression instead of being neutral.

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.

Libraries across the country face tough choices when homeless patrons set up permanent residence on their grounds. Some libraries are experimenting with camping bans, along with increased connections ...

As technology changes library cataloging, we look back at its history and forward into its future.

American Library Association (ALA) affiliate, division, and unit leaders offer their reflections on race and racism in America.