The everyday ways your library can ease financial strain during hard economic times

In March 2025, I wrote about anticipatory obedience at the Library of Congress, describing how LC fast tracked changes to the Library of Congress Subject Headings relating to the Gulf of Mexico and Mo...

What Seoul Metropolitan Library is showcasing for public libraries to learn about reading, social connection and a future library…

What happens when a library gives young people the time, space, resources and freedom to discover for themselves?

The digital natives of Gen Z identify as readers, distrust algorithms, and increasingly turn to libraries.

Whether seeking to borrow a book or the tranquility of nature, libraries around the world have you covered

Chemistry, coding, and cockroaches: just a few of the surprising lessons waiting at your library

From checking the date to tracing the source: building a sharper eye for information.

A new study reveals that reading on paper reduces brain processing effort compared to digital tablets.

Reading is arguably the most difficult task one must learn. To understand why it is difficult, one must understand the physiology of reading.

A Dungeons & Dragons program offered by Santa Cruz Public Libraries provides a welcoming and fun environment for people interested in the game thanks to an enthusiastic volunteer, who’ll be leaving th...

Used clothing is getting a new makeover inside San Francisco public libraries and avoiding the landfill as part of a unique collaboration between city departments and a local nonprofit.

The digital natives of Gen Z identify as readers, distrust algorithms, and increasingly turn to libraries.

Public libraries are welcoming spaces — but they must also be safe workplaces. Creating that balance requires more than good intentions. It…

Photo courtesy of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library For years, conventional wisdom in library marketing has been clear: you need to be on Facebook because that’s where your comm…

In the past few years and again here recently my profession is asking how we can preserve libraries and librarians. I believe we are asking the wrong questions.

Millions of copyrighted songs trained AI music generators, and new searchable databases from The Atlantic now confirm which tracks were used.

Here are examples of some different policy approaches to the complex issue of AI in libraries

The Big Summer Read shows how public libraries build reading culture through choice, inclusion and reading for pleasure, supported by a national framework.

Every Wednesday for the past four years, something a little magical has been happening at the Albany Public Library. Between 10am and 12pm, a crack team of staff and tech-savvy volunteers sets up shop...

We must measure emerging AI platforms against our library’s tried-and-true resources to gauge which ones truly add value.

Used clothing is getting a new makeover inside San Francisco public libraries and avoiding the landfill as part of a unique collaboration between city departments and a local nonprofit.

Reading is arguably the most difficult task one must learn. To understand why it is difficult, one must understand the physiology of reading.

People are throwing parties in an effort to read more for fun. The meet-ups are more than a social activity or a way to recharge — they can help improve brain health.

Libraries hold some of the most significant collections of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) in the country. From manuscripts and artworks to recordings, photographs, and Indigenous...

Microsoft researchers have developed a technology that writes data into glass with lasers, raising the prospect of robotic libraries full of glass tablets packed with data

YouTube video by Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

The "Public Library of the Year" award is presented by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) with the aim of honouring new public libraries....

Libraries across the state are turning to individual and collective action to advocate for continued materials access.

What your AI chatbot learned from the internet's loudest voices.

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.

Librarians teach students about research, media literacy, copyright and technology. This makes them perfect for teaching about the power and pitfalls of AI. Yet students — from kindergarteners to post...

Library workers are feeling increased pressures to be everything to everyone, and the impact on their mental health matters.

AI systems use dark patterns to keep conversations going longer than necessary. Learning to spot them protects your time and attention.

A framework for understanding how information becomes belief.

Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...

Reading comprehension scores are tanking, and fewer Americans are picking up books. But practicing deep reading can help you process content more carefully and keep you from falling for misinformation...

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail

The tech platform will allow readers to move between physical and audiobooks and offer the sale of books from independent bookstores.

DRI is pleased to announce that Repository metadata is now being shared with OpenAIRE, enhancing the discoverability of publications and datasets across Europe and Ireland. The Digital Repository of Ireland is a national repository for Ireland’s social and cultural data. To date, our members have published 227 collections containing thousands of digital objects and that […]

Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers

The Internet promised easy access to every book ever written. Why can’t we have nice things?