Children’s librarian Kyra Nay brings out photos of something she calls a “Charlie Cart,” which is a mobile kitchen cart she uses to do hands-on cooking demonstrations with the kids. Most recently she ...

A large majority of Hispanics say they have used a public library at some time in their life, and some 46% say they have used one in the 12 months prior to the survey. However, the Pew Research survey ...

When it comes to public libraries, immigrant Hispanics pose both a challenge and an opportunity to the library community. On the one hand, this group, which makes up half of the adult U.S. Hispanic ...

The moment I step into the Phoenix Central Library, I’m pulled back to 2004 — to being 11 years old, newly arrived in the United States with my father, both of us carrying more questions than answers.

In yet another example of actions that conflict with stated priorities, the Trump administration wants to eliminate federal funding for our nation’s public libraries while at the same time it “Makes ...

Grace Morris does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

For the first time, the familiar marble faces outside the New York Public Library will be obscured by masks. Patience and Fortitude, the iconic lion sculptures guarding the 42nd Street library, are ...

This column is one in a multipart American Libraries series that explores the library profession’s relationship to sustainability. The world faces global ecological systems challenges of unprecedented ...

Perhaps the public library is an institution you take for granted. Or maybe you’re paying close to attention to how libraries, and the books they display on shelves, have become an unlikely ...

With the internet putting a seemingly infinite supply of answers, arguments, and amusements at our fingertips, do we still need libraries? The question isn’t as rhetorical as it once seemed. As shown ...

The Montana State Library Commission voted 5-1 (with one abstention) in July 2023 to rescind its membership in the American Library Association because of the ALA’s then-president: a self-proclaimed ...

(Left to right) Teri Moncure Mojgani, Joan Mattison Daniel, Ethel Adolphe, Shirley Wiegand, Ibrahim Mumin, and Wayne Wiegand at the panel discussion on “Hidden Figures in American Library History: The ...