Professional Skeptics Librarians have a long record of adopting new information technology, from online catalogs to e-books and public internet access. Generative AI has been different. As chatbots and AI… 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 →
Every fall and spring, a familiar migration takes place across the library profession. Catalogers, systems librarians, acquisitions staff, and directors pack their bags and head to hotel ballrooms and university… read more →
As millions of students prepare to return to classrooms this fall, school librarians are quietly running their own back-to-school marathon — one that starts weeks before the first bell rings.… 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 →
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 →
The landscape of library acquisitions has significantly transformed over the past two decades. Where librarians once focused primarily on purchasing physical books and journals, today they find themselves immersed in… read more →
Libraries have a unique and necessary obligation to the oldest of our population. They have been part of our communities for decades and have much to offer. Modern society often… read more →
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW) — held the week before Thanksgiving each year — is a natural fit for public libraries. The week, organized by the National Coalition for… read more →