On October 8, 2026, the Swedish Academy named Canadian poet, essayist, and classicist Anne Carson its newest literature laureate [1][2]. Her win ends a five-year stretch honoring memoir, drama, poetic… read more →
In 2026, a library card can connect a first grader with a reading tutor, a high schooler with a live calculus helper at 11 p.m., and a teenager with an… read more →
From Reading to Writing For many avid readers and library patrons, books are more than entertainment—they are a lifelong passion. Today, that passion can become a legitimate source of supplemental… read more →
Libraries have survived every information revolution, from microfilm to the open web, but artificial intelligence is testing the profession like few previous technologies. The question is no longer if AI… read more →
The Right Book, Found Faster For years, the standard advice for reluctant readers was simply to “find the right book.” The problem was that finding it meant wandering the shelves,… read more →
Halloween is a holiday built on storytelling, which makes the library a natural place to celebrate it. Inside a prison, a small seasonal program can do more than pass the… read more →
Walk into almost any public library’s children’s room on a weekday morning, and you’ll see something that seems out of step with the times: toddlers sitting cross-legged on a rug,… read more →
Most of us picture a library as a quiet room lined with shelves. Around the world, though, communities have stretched the idea far beyond that: a forest, a person, a… read more →
A hospital’s reputation usually rests on its surgeons, its emergency department, and its imaging equipment. The library rarely gets a mention. Yet every clinical decision depends on information: which guideline… read more →
When the World Trade Center towers fell on the morning of September 11, 2001, Mayor Rudy Giuliani stood before reporters and told everyone south of Canal Street to evacuate on… read more →