The American Library Association (ALA) announced on November 6 the candidates running for ALA president for the 2027–2028 ...

You don’t have to be a game designer to run a game jam at your library, said Rebecca Strang, outreach and engagement librarian at North Central College’s Oesterle Library in Naperville, Illinois. You ...

Games—whether of the board, video, or trivia variety—help people connect, escape, and learn. Information professionals see the transformative power of games firsthand in their libraries through ...

Award-winning chef Sean Sherman's second cookbook, Turtle Island, highlights the diversity of Indigenous food.

State of Play In honor of International Games Month, held every November, these stories center games and gaming as community-building, teaching, and self-improvement tools. Learn how libraries are ...

October 30, 2025 170 × 300 2025 Platy Hall of Fame InducteesSmartphone with ESPN Fantasy sports ...

On January 22, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, ...

Welcome to the 2025 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Today’s libraries are places where people from diverse ...

In summer 2020, during the national outcry that followed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, the concept of antiracism—or actively opposing racism and promoting tolerance ...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the October 1997 issue of American Libraries. It has been updated to include new information (updates in blue). In the fall, a journalist’s fancy ...