True understanding takes breadth and depth. Often, it takes a book. For election season, Booklist editors have selected both ...

ALA released a statement on what library professionals can do to support communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Christina J. Steffy and Meg Massey write: “The profession engaged in heated debate about the need for an MLS during the rather contentious search for an ALA Executive Director in 2017. This discussion ...

Ava DuVernay, writer, director, and producer, stresses the importance of continuing to amplify marginalized voices.

On September 23, the American Library Association (ALA) released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries during the first eight ...

Are you looking for a smart and efficient way to store your library’s growing collection of books, journals, and other materials? Do you want to optimize your offsite storage space and reduce ...

Charles Q. Choi writes: “Artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT and other applications powered by large language models have found widespread use, but are infamously unreliable. A common ...

DuVernay’s credits in film and television include Selma, 13th, Queen Sugar, and When They See Us. Two of her films have been inspired by frequently challenged books: 2018’s A Wrinkle in Time, based on ...

OIF, which began collecting data about censorship attempts in US libraries in 1990—and started observing Banned Books Week in 1982—was formed in 1967 to provide tangible support to library workers as ...

August 26, 2024 150 × 100 IMLS awards $5.9 million in grants for library services for Native communities ...