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House Votes to Save Library Funding, NEA and NEH
Despite the Trump Administration's proposal to eliminate virtually all federal library funding, the House yesterday passed a package of FY2018 spending bills that include full funding for libraries and the arts.
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Follett, TLA Unveil Relief Programs for Texas School Libraries
The library distributor and the Texas Library Association’s Disaster Relief Fund have unveiled programs aimed at helping schools damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
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EveryLibrary Kicks Off Library Awareness Campaign
EveryLibrary, a library political action committee, is launching a campaign to get more than a million Facebook supporters by November 7.
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School & Library Spotlight: All Our Coverage
Checking in with school librarians and educators as they prepare strategies and tools for the coming school year.
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Stocking Up On New Back-to-School Basics
School librarians and teachers weigh in on their must-have items for the new school year.
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How to Build a Digital Classroom
EdTech experts Joyce Valenza and Shannon McClintock discuss favorite tools and methods for bringing technology into the classroom.
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School Librarians Are Teaching Digital Citizenship
Librarians share their insights on helping students navigate the world of social media and technology.
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EveryLibrary, Follett Partner to Save School Librarians
A new alliance has formed between the library-centric social welfare nonprofit and the educational services company that focuses on school library advocacy.
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With DonorsChoose, Teachers Find Funding for Their Classroom Dreams
DonorsChoose.org founder Charles Best discusses his charity’s mission and the current state of public education funding.
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PW Welcomes New Library Columnist Sari Feldman
Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio, and a former president of both the Public Library Association (2009–2010) and the American Library Association (2015–2016), will write a monthly column as part of PW's library coverage.
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Nancy Pearl's Next Chapter
In September, "America's librarian" will publish her debut novel 'George & Lizzie' with Simon & Schuster's Touchstone imprint.
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ALA Policy Paper: the Copyright Office Belongs in the Library of Congress
In a short, but deeply-sourced policy paper released this week, the American Library Association pushes back against a key talking point in the recent bid to make the Register of Copyrights a presidential appointee.
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Congress Poised to Fund Libraries, Save the NEH and NEA
Defying President Trump's budget proposal, the House Appropriations Committee this week voted to fund the IMLS, and the NEH and NEA.
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Libraries Clear First Budget Hurdle in Congress
The budget battle is kicking up again in Washington, but this time with a note of optimism for libraries and library supporters.
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What Can Some of the World’s Most Historic Documents Tell Us About the Documents of the Future?
Our history, as individuals and as societies and cultures, is inextricably and necessarily intertwined with documenting things. And despite ever more technology, that will never change.
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In Chicago, Librarians Get Their Mojo Back
At the 2017 ALA Annual Conference, a strong slate of speakers expressed support for libraries and energized librarians for the political, professional, and budget battles that lie ahead.
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ALA 2017: Graphic Novels Supply Diversity
Graphic novels had a significant presence at this year's at ALA, as librarians look to offer their patrons a wider variety of stories encompassing race, gender and sexual identity, and nonwestern cultures.
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ALA 2017: Why The Future of Tech Will Be Female
Reshma Saujani, founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code, told librarians that getting young girls interested in technology is the key to better future—and urged them to help her “change the culture” that is pushing girls away from coding, and computers.
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ALA 2017: This Debut Novel Is Sarah Jessica Parker’s First ALA Book Club Central Pick...
Parker called Stephanie Powell Watts’ debut novel 'No One Is Coming to Save Us' “deeply compelling and richly satisfying," and described it as a “brilliant examination of the American dream among African-Americans in a struggling community in the contemporary South.”
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ALA 2017: Colson Whitehead, Matthew Desmond Honored with Carnegie Medals
At a June 24 reception at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Matthew Desmond and Colson Whitehead accepted their Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
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