The closure of the South Side center will take place “over the next few years.” The records and documents will be relocated, but it’s unclear where and how many employees are affected.

Stop the Closure of the National Archives at Chicago!

Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.

“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago cut staff at the Video Data Bank and announced major cutbacks to the contemporary video art repository.

The timing couldn't have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed to align with Donald Trump's vision of America and the school year just star...

Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant

On April 1, Chicago History Museum employees voted to form their union. On April 2, CHM management retaliated with discipline and terminations. Send a message—let management know that union-busting is...

A Virtual Summit sponsored by the Social Responsibilities Round Table Monday, April 7, 2025 This event is free and open to the public

Market Box is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago

Village commissioners had been set to vote on the nonbinding referendum question Tuesday, but shifted the agenda item to a first reading.

The walkout, which began just after midnight Monday, could disrupt the New York Times’s election coverage.

Interim administrators at Western Illinois University (WIU) will eliminate ALL nine campus librarians by May 2025. Students, faculty, professional library organizations, and higher education leaders a...

I’m a well-informed Hobbit—a Boffin from Overhill, thank you very much—who is in a kerfuffle about whom to throw my Hobbit-sized support behind. Fo...

The 2024 LD4 Conference will be held virtually 7th - 11th October.

About a year and a half ago, I purchased my first instructional vinyl box set at Academy Records on 18th St in Manhattan. Titled Night Moves: The Professional Approach to Disco Dance Instruction, the ...

Position SummaryThe University of Illinois Chicago Library seeks a dynamic and visionary individual for the position of a tenure-track Manuscript Arch...