The American Library Association (ALA) announced on November 6 the candidates running for ALA president for the 2027–2028 ...

You don’t have to be a game designer to run a game jam at your library, said Rebecca Strang, outreach and engagement librarian at North Central College’s Oesterle Library in Naperville, Illinois. You ...

Stephanie Charlefour writes: “As school librarians, we are at the heart of the educational ecosystem—nurturing inquiry, fostering critical thinking, and inspiring a lifelong love of learning. offers a ...

For International Games Month, we look at how games and gaming act as community-building, teaching, and self-improvement tools.

Award-winning chef Sean Sherman's second cookbook, Turtle Island, highlights the diversity of Indigenous food.

During my time as a chapter leader in Iowa, I witnessed firsthand how swiftly state and regional chapters can mobilize. When a bill that threatened codified funding for public libraries was proposed ...

State of Play In honor of International Games Month, held every November, these stories center games and gaming as community-building, teaching, and self-improvement tools. Learn how libraries are ...

Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor (B&T), a longtime fixture in the library technology industry, will shutter.

Welcome to the 2025 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Today’s libraries are places where people from diverse ...