In the late 1800s, American women began to move more freely in public. In response, public libraries created sex-segregated reading rooms, intended to keep women in their proper place.

The role of librarians, archivists, media trainers, and other information professionals in fostering a healthy digital world for the next generation.

November is Academic Writing Month. We’ve gathered six helpful tips for your scholarly writing—with academic citations of course.

Mostafa A. H. el-Abbadi was the visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria, the vast Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Remember what it was like to put together a school report with only the encyclopedia volumes you could find ...

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

Bernie Sanders’s February 2003: “On My Mind: The Patriot Act’s Threat to Libraries” published in American Libraries.

The 125th anniversary of the opening of Carnegie Hall on May 5th provides an opportunity to examine Andrew Carnegie's legacy and philanthropy.

With the rise of digital search tools, is there a future for big buildings filled with books and journals? Respondents to an Ithaka S + R survey say yes.

Carla Hayden has a history of social justice work in public libraries.