On April 9, the American Library Association (ALA) released The State of America’s Libraries report for 2018, an annual summary of library trends released during National Library Week, April 8–14, ...

This month, after we celebrated the independence of our nation, seems like a perfect opportunity to brush up on a little American history as it relates to the rise of public libraries. Where did the ...

A father reads to his children at the Longmont Public Library. Courtesy: Longmont Public LIbrary. David Farnan still remembers taking laundry down the block in his small, rural Missouri town and ...

A number of organisations, including the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), Libraries Connected and Arts Council England, have launched the Libraries Alliance and ...