A look back at the big-name speakers and educational programming at ALA's 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Solidarity amid Uncertainty Library Marketplace offerings highlight a need for strategic impact By Marshall Breeding | July 23, 2025 ...

Illustration of a hand coming out of a computer to take a dollar bill from a person.

Geena Davis at the American Library Association’s 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia on June 30. Photo: EPNAC Hollywood has no shortage of polymaths, but Geena Davis might be in a ...

American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and those who have defended the right to read.

2025 Youth Media Award winners announced—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards.

A panel of academic librarians convened by the Reference and User Services Association explores how to itegrate antiracism in cataloging.

Instead of just games and entertainment, virtual reality content is exploding with news, information, and educational content. Libraries and librarians are showing how they can innovate with this ...

Our Letters of the Law columnists explore legal issues in public libraries. We've assembled some of their most topical entries.

Libraries are now reporting more aggressive, targeted, and organized First Amendment audits than in years past.

Librarians are being asked to be social workers, EMTs, therapists, legal consultants, and more. Anne Ford interviews seven front-line librarians about this mission creep, the directions their ...

American Libraries spoke with five leading African-American librarians about their careers, the changes they have witnessed over the decades, and the current issues in librarianship.