Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, and Fisher chronicle the 1872 gubernatorial race in Louisiana, between Democrat and former Confederate officer John McEnery and Republican William Pitt ...

City governments across the United States prepared in early November to slash public library budgets in the wake of revenue shortfalls and dire economic news. Even if the lame-duck Congress passes an ...

August 29 marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast and became the costliest—and one of the deadliest—natural disasters in US history. Over recent weeks, stories have been ...

Lisa Varga became associate executive director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Public Policy and Advocacy Office in Washington, D.C., on April 21. Before joining ALA, she spent 15 years as ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing entire industries, including libraries. Although this technology offers immense potential to enhance services, library workers and others must consider ...

Connie Chung speaks at the American Library Association's 2024 Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Diego on June 29. Photo: EPANC Connie Chung has been bringing you the headlines since the late ...

Bookmobiles have a proud history of service dating back to the late 1850s, when a horse-drawn collection of books began making the rounds in Cumbria, England. Here in the United States, the first ...

Libraries loaning “stuff” isn’t a new concept. Framed paintings were available for checkout at the Newark (N.J.) Public Library back in 1904. “Libraries were sharing before sharing was cool,” says ...

Libraries are all about people—both the people who use their services and the people who work there. Some key areas of concern for libraries relate to patrons with disabilities and patrons who use the ...

Does your library offer teen-centered services or teen-driven services? And what is the difference between the two? As Luke Kirkland, teen department head at the Waltham (Mass.) Public Library, ...