More than two-thirds of the 15 selections in American Libraries' 2026 Library Design Showcase are renovations or adaptive ...

When schools ban cellphones, students often turn to the school library for books, activities, and opportunities to connect ...

In April, ALA’s Endowment Trustees updated the target allocation for the Association’s investment portfolio to limit risk.

Spacesaver’s Day Use Lockers provide a secure place for personal belongings, allowing patrons to focus on their activities.

Libraries provide places where neighbors meet, learn, and support one another and where residents can find year-round climate ...

Cultivating a space in the library that teens can activate and own sends teens a strong signal they are valued and welcome. Teens (defined here as those ages 13–18) are usually scrutinized closely ...

While most Americans know very little about ALA founder Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), nearly all are familiar with his signature achievement, the Dewey Decimal Classification system, which today governs ...

The Library of Congress opened its reading room for the blind in 1897. Photo: Library of Congress This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ...

Sci-Hub is a website that makes more than 48 million scholarly research articles available online to anyone for free. However, many if not most of these articles are still under copyright and are ...

Most librarians are educators in one sense or another, even when the role is not explicit. The best teachers learn from others and learn by doing. This is a good rule for improving at virtually ...

July 28, 2026 150 × 100 2,000 years of The Odyssey at the Library of Congress 400-year-old map showing the journey of Odysseus View more Latest Library Links ...

The world of college admissions drastically shifted in 2023, when the Supreme Court’s landmark rulings in two cases—Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North ...