Twenty years later, American Libraries looks back at one of the most brazen and puzzling book heists in an academic library.

In response to the results of the 2024 US election, ALA vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in ...

Kerri Price returned to ALA as director of the Office for Accreditation in September. She introduces herself to members with ...

Vernon Area Public Library District in Lincolnshire, Illinois, worked with municipal leaders to create a self-guided exhibit ...

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In this bonus episode, sponsored by OverDrive, we learn more about Check Out Your Library and the campaign’s Fiction and Film Tour. American Libraries Managing Editor Terra Dankowski talks with Jen ...

With a recent decrease in book censorship attempts, libraries should be heartened by efforts to dissuade the spread of misinformation.

In 2023, the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office launched the largest grant initiative in the Association’s history—the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and ...

St. Louis (Mo.) County Library, in partnership with the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, distributes diapers at its six library locations. Photo: St. Louis (Mo.) County Library What would you do to keep ...

Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government's political buttons collection has approximately 4,800 buttons and pins and 200 stickers.