With a recent decrease in book censorship attempts, libraries should be heartened by efforts to dissuade the spread of misinformation.

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

Noting the public’s eroding faith in the election process and its growing mistrust of many information sources, staffers at Vernon Area Public Library District (VAPLD) in Lincolnshire, Illinois, ...

Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government's political buttons collection has approximately 4,800 buttons and pins and 200 stickers.

Microlearning involves condensing instructional content into bite-sized chunks of information for maximum cognitive impact. Typically, instructional content is delivered online asynchronously, meaning ...

These concepts are deeply entrenched in librarianship, but I think we’re beginning to see how they can cause problems. The recognition of the harms of vocational awe, the notion that librarians, the ...

Early literacy activities are certainly fun—but also valuable. For parents and caregivers who are already reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing with their children, offering tips might seem ...

This book asks readers to consider the words they use and the nuanced ways in which context affects language. Wertheim offers examples of social interactions while explaining the cultural and ...

St. Louis (Mo.) County Library, in partnership with the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, distributes diapers at its six library locations. Photo: St. Louis (Mo.) County Library What would you do to keep ...

For more than a century, American libraries of all types have helped immigrants integrate, worked with municipalities to cultivate welcoming communities, and supported laws to shape our immigration ...

The guidelines include three principles that instructors must provide via multiple means: engagement (the “why” of learning), representation (the “what” of learning), and action and expression (the ...