In response to the results of the 2024 US election, ALA vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in ...

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

Kerri Price is no stranger to the Association. In early September, Price returned to the American Library Association (ALA) ...

Vernon Area Public Library District in Lincolnshire, Illinois, worked with municipal leaders to create a self-guided exhibit ...

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

In 2023, the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office launched the largest grant initiative in the Association’s history—the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and ...

Are you looking for a smart and efficient way to store your library’s growing collection of books, journals, and other materials? Do you want to optimize your offsite storage space and reduce ...

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

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 ...

How can librarians ensure their instruction materials are as accessible as possible? One way is through Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines, a set of best practices to improve teaching and ...

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 ...