The 2025 Library Design Showcase features libraries that serve as true third spaces while honoring local histories and ...

Sustainability is a promise we make to future generations that libraries will continue to be cornerstones of community life and prosperity.

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

A look at the US Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection, held at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland.

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

Columnist Allison Escoto reviews firsthand accounts of librarians, as well as realistic portrayals of the profession in ...

Martha Hickson, a recently retired media specialist who fought censorship at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey, shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (seated) after he ...

Sustaining for the Future By Emily Udell But providing access to technology, shelter, and information after extreme weather is only one way libraries are grappling with sustainability. Many are also ...

That’s what science librarian René Tanner—one of the dozens of librarians and experts whose actions American Libraries highlights in our Sustainability Issue—tells us. At a time when climate change ...

With the acceleration of human-driven climate change, libraries are playing an increased role in helping their communities navigate environmental calamities. The downtown public library in Asheville, ...

Over the past decade, librarians and archivists have become increasingly concerned with outdated and offensive language in metadata and collections. In 2022, the Schaumburg Township (Ill.) District ...

Color-corrective glasses, like those sold by EnChroma (pictured), are available for checkout at a growing number of libraries for patrons who experience color blindness.Photo: Adam Rogers Libraries ...