Kathryn Heaviside, librarian and gallery coordinator at Northport–East Northport (N.Y.) Public Library, doesn’t do anything ...

Carnegie Medal winners will each receive $5,000. A celebration honoring all six finalists will take place at ALA’s 2026 ...

Looking for clever and thoughtful gift ideas for the book lover in your life? Find ideas in this eclectic list of ...

On January 22, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, ...

The year 2023 was another record-breaker for book bans. The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented 1,247 attempts to censor library books and other ...

In the past several years, virtual reality (VR) technology has finally begun to fulfill what had long been promised. Traditional VR, which creates environments that allow people to be “present” in an ...

Librarians interviewed for this story, clockwise from bottom left: Graham Tedesco-Blair, adult services librarian, Newark (N.Y.) Public Library; Fobazi Ettarh, undergraduate success librarian, Rutgers ...

The category: Beloved TV Programs. The answer: Roughly 150 librarians have competed on this game show since 2005. And the correct question: What is Jeopardy!? “We use a lot of librarians on the show,” ...

A woman using the card catalog at the main reading room of the Library of Congress, circa 1940. Photo: Library of Congress OCLC printed its last library catalog cards on October 1, 2015, ending an era ...

Welcome to the 2021 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. That this year’s ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the October 1997 issue of American Libraries. It has been updated to include new information (updates in blue). In the fall, a journalist’s fancy ...