A look back at the big-name speakers and educational programming at ALA's 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Illustration of a hand coming out of a computer to take a dollar bill from a person.

Library Learning Center at Texas Southern University in Houston. Photo: Kayla Hartzog Welcome to the 2020 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries ...

American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and those who have defended the right to read.

A panel of academic librarians convened by the Reference and User Services Association explores how to itegrate antiracism in cataloging.

Instead of just games and entertainment, virtual reality content is exploding with news, information, and educational content. Libraries and librarians are showing how they can innovate with this ...

Libraries are now reporting more aggressive, targeted, and organized First Amendment audits than in years past.

Librarians are being asked to be social workers, EMTs, therapists, legal consultants, and more. Anne Ford interviews seven front-line librarians about this mission creep, the directions their ...

American Libraries spoke with five leading African-American librarians about their careers, the changes they have witnessed over the decades, and the current issues in librarianship.

Libraries across the country face tough choices when homeless patrons set up permanent residence on their grounds. Some libraries are experimenting with camping bans, along with increased connections ...

ALA announced the recipients of its 2024 Youth Media Awards at its LibLearnX conference in Baltimore on January 22.

Because of patron allergies and other concerns, the number of library cats in the US has declined drastically in recent decades.