On April 9, the American Library Association (ALA) released The State of America’s Libraries report for 2018, an annual summary of library trends released during National Library Week, April 8–14, ...

Technology helps libraries provide many services that are indispensable to patrons, but it can also pose a serious threat to their privacy and other rights. Elisa Rodrigues and Anders Lyon from the ...

This month, after we celebrated the independence of our nation, seems like a perfect opportunity to brush up on a little American history as it relates to the rise of public libraries. Where did the ...

A father reads to his children at the Longmont Public Library. Courtesy: Longmont Public LIbrary. David Farnan still remembers taking laundry down the block in his small, rural Missouri town and ...

Karla Trout grew up in a house without books. When she first became a library director in late 2001, her own library card was expired. Not only was she without library work experience, she hadn’t ...