In a meeting, New York Public Library President, Anthony Marx, discusses library's role. In a meeting, New York Public Library President, Anthony Marx, discusses library's role. Frederick Wiseman's ...

c) what’s a public library? A week ago, if you’d answered “what’s a public library?” I would have offered you a fake smile and asked you to quit reading the column. Now that I’ve visited the Highwood ...

On September 1, the Public Library Association (PLA) issued its 2020 Public Library Technology Survey report, detailing how libraries are further extending their technology services and resources in ...

The role of the library is necessarily dependent upon the educational objectives of the institution. Frequently, these are unstated or inadequate. Reference is made to some definitions of objectives ...

A report of a survey of a sample of accredited library school programs to determine their commitment to continuing education, the most common types of CE programs offered by the schools, and the ...

The following is a news release from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. BOISE – At its meeting on October 16, Idaho’s board ...

Maureen Hartman was named permanent director of the St. Paul Public Library in May. An English major in college, Hartman said she was bitten by the library bug after volunteering shortly after ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). “BCALA comes out of an unflagging commitment to equity,” says Tracie D. Hall, executive director ...

When Dianne Basso moved to Colorado in 2011 after years overseas, she couldn’t wait to get a library membership. A lifelong reader, Basso had been living in countries where English wasn’t the official ...

A culture war is playing out in the small town of Metropolis, Ill., where the public library and a church are battling over the library's role. The issues include prayer in the library and the removal ...

Lindsay Mattock began a new chapter of her life in mid-January when she took on the role of executive director of the Ligonier Valley Library and returned to her Westmoreland County roots. A native of ...