In 2026, libraries are being squeezed from two directions at once: the physical infrastructure of the AI boom and the economic and cultural fallout of the software it powers. Data… read more →
When the United States reached its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, libraries across the country became among the most energetic places to celebrate, hosting exhibitions, storytelling projects, author talks,… read more →
Walk into almost any public library in the United States today, and you’re as likely to find someone learning to attach a file to an email as someone checking out… read more →
Library boards occupy a peculiar position in civic life. Trustees are volunteers, usually unpaid, who carry fiduciary, strategic, and moral responsibility for an institution that exists to serve everyone in… read more →
Dedication: This article is dedicated to the amazing nurses and doctors at Trinity Hospital Ann Arbor Labor & Delivery, who cared for our baby and me in June. For… read more →
When the FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 11, 2026, it wasn’t just sports bars and stadiums getting in on the action — public libraries across the United States… read more →
What began in 1995 as a small program mailing free books to children in Sevier County, Tennessee, has become, three decades later, the world’s largest early-childhood book-gifting initiative, reaching children… read more →
Picture the scene: a hushed room lined wall to wall with towering shelves, the faint smell of aging paper hanging in the air like a pleasant ghost, and somewhere in… read more →
The university librarian of the twenty-first century bears little resemblance to the quiet guardian of card catalogs that popular culture once imagined. Today’s academic library professional is a digital navigator,… read more →
Across the United States, a new battlefield has developed around AI infrastructure concerns. Residents fighting proposed data centers in their backyards are increasingly finding a quiet but familiar and powerful… read more →