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In 2023 the report, Overdue: The Case for Canada’s Public Libraries, was released by The Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada. The report on the work of 652 library systems and 3350 branches makes the case that investment in public libraries will create social cohesion, contribute to economic growth ...
Sarah Jessica Parker stopped by the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance and expressed concern over how the future of public institutions like libraries. The “Sex and the City” icon ...
Libraries offered 3.75 million public programs in 2010, the equivalent of one free program per day in every public library in America. [5] Mirroring an increase in overall library usage, attendance at library programs increased by 22 percent between 2004 and 2008. [67] Most public libraries offer classes, literacy programs and storytimes for ...
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.
According to PEN America's annual book-banning report, restrictions on books have increased 33% since last year, but students offer a glimmer of hope.
The culmination of centuries of advances in the printing press, moveable type, paper, ink, publishing, and distribution, combined with an ever-growing information-oriented middle class, increased commercial activity and consumption, new radical ideas, massive population growth and higher literacy rates forged the public library into the form that it is today.
Carnegie libraries created an increased need for larger numbers of librarians to manage them, thus career library workers became an established permanent workforce. [ 3 ] During this period, Melvil Dewey became a primary force in the professionalization of librarians and library education in the United States.