Librarians are accustomed to dealing with all manner of patron queries. The drive to help patrons find useful information and understand its applications is deeply rooted in the profession; if we know ...

On January 26, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, ...

Libraries have been buffeted by a string of policies and executive orders in the first year of Donald Trump's second ...

"A Guardian and a Thief" and "Things in Nature Merely Grow" have won the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services' empty booth at the 2025 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia. Terra Dankowski/American Libraries ...

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction 2026 winners: A Guardian and a Thief and Things in Nature Merely Grow ...

The Public Library Association Board writes: “PLA is heartbroken by recent events and has been coordinating closely with city and venue partners to support them and to foster a safe and welcoming ...

The Public Library Association Board writes: “PLA is heartbroken by recent events and has been coordinating closely with city and venue partners to support them and to foster a safe and welcoming ...

For traditional undergraduates of the Class of 2020, YouTube, Netflix streaming, and the first iPhone have all been around almost as long as they can remember. This generation expects its media to be ...

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 ...

The year 2023 was another record-breaker for book bans. The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented 1,247 attempts to censor library books and other ...