The program allows youths to receive a free library card to access e-books, even if they don't live in Seattle.

One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…

When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?

The idea that we should reduce sleep to an efficient minimum in our lives gets something fundamentally wrong

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Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.

Recent essays in Places by journalist Caroline Tracey, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, and contributing writers Shannon Mattern and Belmont Freeman.

The siren song of Ms. Rachel cannot be understood outside of America’s ongoing impoverishment of families.

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

“For many students, families, educators, librarians, and school districts, book banning is a new normal,” the report, 'Banned in the USA 2024-2025: The Normalization of Book Banning,' concludes.

I serve as a trustee for the Evanston Public Library, but I’m sharing my thoughts today as a library professional, a resident of Evanston, and someone who

At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB 2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff, struc...

This short documentary is a portrait of the early era of computing and the process and implications of the digitization of large amounts of information. Examining the arduous …

The tests we are using to assess the intelligence of AI are missing an essential aspect of human inquiry — the query itself

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

Tech giants and other major energy users Amazon, Google, Meta, Dow, Occidental, Allseas and OSGE have signed a pledge supporting the goal of at least tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050...

What the Executive Order slashing the Institute of Museum and Library Services means, how it will impact you, and what you should do right now to stop the cuts.

It was the summer of 1952, and the executives of Tombow Pencil were about to revolutionize the Japanese pencil industry—or, possibly, fall flat on their faces. Hachiro Ogawa, the son of founder Haruno...

As part of the IMLS-funded Measures that Matter Initiative, the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), released new research examining the role U.S. public libraries play in supporting work...

One of President-elect Trump’s campaign pledges was to eliminate the Department of Education.

2024-2025 Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarship for Palestinian Women Pursuing PhDs The Palestinian American Research Center announces the inauguration of The Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarship for Palestinian women...