Libraries are more than just book depositories—they are vibrant community hubs, one of the last free public places where anyone is welcome. In recent years, library workers have been facing a myriad ...

At the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2021 Virtual Conference on April 15, the creators of We Here, an online community for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in LIS ...

A new report from Ithaka S+R explores the multi-faceted role of the library in higher education. Every three years, the research and consulting firm's US Faculty Survey tracks faculty views on ...

The American Library Association released a report last week underlining the role of libraries in expanding digital equity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, titled Keeping Communities ...

On September 1, the Public Library Association (PLA) issued its 2020 Public Library Technology Survey report, detailing how libraries are further extending their technology services and resources in ...

Not all systems have been able to make the transition, though. In the Rockies, Denver-based Colorado Legal Services has had to put its outreach effort to library users in rural areas on hold. With a ...

Quarryville Library Center opens at 10 a.m. on Tuesday with a singalong storytime for babies and their parents, led by the library’s program manager, Sharon Roche. It’s a little monotonous for the ...

San Diego’s head librarian Misty Jones has a lot of numbers on her mind these days, and not just the Dewey Decimal System. Residents just besieged branches to snap up 20,000 rapid covid tests, 174 of ...

In 2004, Kristina Rose found herself in a cold back room surrounded by giant microform cabinets covered in pencil marks left ...