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

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

Ann Ford, vice president of sales and customer support for Hoopla, shared insight on the evolving digital landscape and ...

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

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

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 ...

In his new book, Sacramento DA Thien Ho sheds light on some of California’s darkest crimes and gives victims a voice.

American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and those who have defended the right to read.

ALA announced the recipients of its 2024 Youth Media Awards at its LibLearnX conference in Baltimore on January 22.

2025 Youth Media Award winners announced—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards.

CIPA-Compliant Filtering That’s First Amendment–Friendly What constitutes First Amendment–friendly filtering under CIPA? It is filtering (or a filtering policy) that incorporates and emphasizes the ...

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 ...