Libraries have become frequent targets of ransomware attacks. These libraries' experiences offer lessons in responding and ...

Welcome to the 2025 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Today’s libraries are places where people from diverse ...

September 10, 2025 150 × 100 ALA partners with Welcoming America to celebrate Welcoming Week 2025 ...

September 9, 2025 150 × 100 $1.5 billion AI piracy settlement rejected by federal judge ...

Chosen by juries of their peers, the winners of the 2025 ALA Awards embody the best of the profession’s leadership, vision, ...

In a growing number of public libraries, virtual driving simulators let users practice driving skills in a safe, low-pressure ...

At the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries, we’ve brought students into libraries by bringing the library to ...

Librarian Sondra Eklund spends her time stocking books for the public library system she works for in Virginia. One of her patrons recently asked the library to acquire a children’s book about pets ...

The following libraries are winners of the 2025 Library Building Awards, sponsored by Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures (a division of the American Library Association) and the American ...

Librarians from Stark Library’s Main Library in Canton, Ohio, discuss how they enlisted teens to help plan and design teen spaces.

This is a fraught time for libraries and those who work in them. As we face censorship, devastating budget and grant cuts, and politically motivated personal attacks, the firsthand accounts of ...