This is an installment in an occasional series of “user guides” that aim to provide readers information on how to access and ...

At the American Library Association’s 2019 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 23, three OCLC staffers gave a preview of the directions in which the nonprofit library cooperative’s discovery ...

Local bookworms will no longer have to worry about remembering to bring their library cards when they visit their local branch thanks to a new app launched by Palo Alto City Library. The app, which ...

A Pew study released Thursday has some good news for America’s libraries—namely that Americans seem to love them—but perhaps even better news for library users. According to Pew, the more people are ...

In her professional life, coauthor Lauren Stara has worked for three architectural firms, one zoo, one multinational corporation, two museums, five universities, three public libraries, and one state ...

It wouldn’t be a leap to theorize that the expanding role technology plays in American lives would lead to the demise of public libraries. After all, so many other industries, including the one that’s ...

This page includes sample language for sharing your library user type quiz with your community or group, including sample language for email and social media sharing, an embeddable widget for your ...

In the Internet age, there’s been no shortage of talk about the future of libraries, and much speculation about where libraries fit in the increasingly digital-rich media market for American consumers ...

Brevard County Libraries experienced record digital checkouts in 2025. This year’s Library Lookback shows that checkouts grew by 10 percent.