In turbulent times, books are tools that help people navigate the world around them. Intellectual freedom and access...
Find Your Freedom to Read During Banned Books Week
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Libraries Offer Return on Tax Dollars
Return on investment (ROI) studies are one way to demonstrate that libraries are a wise investment. For every dollar...
News in Brief
Counting Down with #19Suffrage Stories: 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment To mark the centennial of the 19th...
Spotlight on Government Information
The ALA Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) offers non-partisan voting and election reference guides for every...
Library Technology for Contactless Service
From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Originally, before the pandemic, new contactless technologies...
Building Literacy: Public Library Construction
From the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners The construction team from Massachusetts Board of Library...
IMLS Releases 2017 Public Libraries Data
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has published the dataset from the 2017 Public Libraries Survey....
Virtual Library Tour from ALA
“Holding Space: A national conversation series with libraries” is the American Library Association’s nationwide...
More Data on COVID-19 and Library Materials
The REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) Project has published the results of the second round of...
COVID-19 Resources for Reopening and Recovery
From the American Library Association Strong libraries are essential to the recovery of communities devastated by the...