Across the United States, the effort to remove books from school and public library shelves has reached unprecedented levels. PEN America found that 6,870 book bans were enacted during the… read more →
Every April, something quietly extraordinary happens in libraries across the United States. Storytimes fill with toddlers; makerspaces hum with activity; bookmobiles roll into neighborhoods they serve year-round. The occasion is… read more →
Every April, communities across the United States observe Autism Acceptance Month — a time to move beyond mere awareness and toward genuine inclusion and understanding of autistic individuals. This shift… read more →
Libraries in 2026 are facing extraordinary challenges and opportunities. From battles over censorship and federal funding to the integration of artificial intelligence into daily operations, the profession is being reshaped… read more →
Information service providers like Clarivate, EBSCO, and Elsevier are racing to embed artificial intelligence into the tools they sell to libraries — but they face a complicated market. Their institutional… read more →
The relationship between libraries and scholarly publishers has never been easy. Still, in 2026, it is producing something genuinely new: a wave of creative, strategic, and sometimes bold decisions about… read more →
When missiles strike infrastructure and internet blackouts silence entire nations, the professional journals and magazines that sustain librarianship face a challenge that cuts to the profession’s core: how can scholarly… read more →
Library funding has rarely been more contested than it is in 2026. At the federal level, the Trump administration’s executive order directing the elimination of the Institute of Museum and… read more →
Every year, thousands of biographies compete for readers’ attention — but only one earns the distinction of being judged the best by fellow biographers. That distinction belongs to the Plutarch… read more →
Audiobooks have come a long way from the chunky cassette tapes that once occupied the “Books on Tape” shelf at the back of the library. Today, they are among the… read more →