Digital technology makes it possible to improve the clarity, precision and utility of textbooks. A process known as “knowledge engineering” powers those improvements. We should embrace it now.

Many freshmen college students at places like Stanford and Columbia are struggling to read books from cover to cover.

Reserve readings are most often assigned in addition to the required books. We welcome any feedback from students or faculty members. You may direct questions or comments to Krystie Wilfong, the ...

Textbooks can set college students back hundreds or even thousands of dollars ... and continue to safeguard student protections and access.” “The “report” in question is rife with bogus claims about ...

New students at top universities can face many intimidating challenges. Reading a book isn’t supposed to be one of them.

In the summer of 2023, I read 18 books. Since the school year has begun, I am severely lacking. As someone who goes through ...

Technology is something that both enhances and encumbers our lives. This contrast leaves us feeling deeply ambivalent and ...

Twenty years later, American Libraries looks back at one of the most brazen and puzzling book heists in an academic library.

Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today. Contrary to both far ...

It’s time to check in: How’s the year in books coming along for you ... That’s the aching question at the center of The Extinction of Experience, a roving investigation of the threat ...

What does Freedom of Speech mean in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? What does “free expression” mean? Is any censorship legal? If a book is removed from a library or class, does that ...

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