During World War I, the American Library Association built libraries on military training camps in a project that championed patriotism, literacy, and self-improvement.

In the 1920s, radio was an exciting new mass medium. It was known for providing entertainment, but educators wondered if it could also be used for education.

The 1918 influenza pandemic had a profound impact on how librarians do their work, transforming libraries into centers of community care.

The upsurge in audiobooks and podcasts illustrates our heightened interest in digital storytelling, but does listening really count as reading?