In the 2020 election year, American Libraries and the Public Library Association tracked more than 100 library-related referenda across 27 states. Voters decided more than 90% of them in favor of the ...

A global pandemic and a national reckoning with race and social justice helped turn 2020 into a record year for digital lending in public libraries, according to OverDrive, the leading digital ...

After 57 years on East Huron Street in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, ALA headquarters relocated to Michigan Plaza at 225 N. Michigan Avenue. Tracie D. Hall began on February 24 as the American ...

Many libraries have been closed for the vast majority of the year, but that has not stopped them from loaning out a record number of audiobooks and ebooks worldwide. 2020 is on pace to once again set ...

We can reliably count on a major event to top this list each year. But nothing compares to the Covid-19 pandemic that has so far claimed some 300,000 American lives, and in March forced a historic ...

Books that talked about racism and racial justice – or told the stories of people of color or the LGBTQ community – were among the most challenged as inappropriate for students in 2020, according to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The resurgence of Covid-19 across the country means business leaders ...

Most U.S. library buildings face deferred maintenance, aging systems and limited funding options that put core civic services ...

Pottsboro Public Library provides its community Wi-Fi and helps with telehealth access. (Photo by Dianne Connery) A couple of years ago I wrote several pieces advocating for libraries to become part ...

An Indiana University library has received a national award. The U.S. Government Publishing Office has named IU Bloomington’s Herman B Wells Library as the 2020 Federal Depository Library of the Year.