Connection—across our diverse backgrounds, experiences, and futures—is a theme of my presidential year, and it is a necessary conversation. Demographers predict that by 2050, African Americans, Asian ...

Connected learning (CL) is not new, but many librarians struggle with embedding the concept into programming and services. “Library staffers still are uncertain what the [CL] framework actually ...

Libraries Connected, the membership body for public libraries, has named James Pearson as its next president. He takes over from Ed Jewell, chief librarian at the Government of Jersey, and will ...

Author and literacy campaigner Kate Mosse has been named Public Library Champion for 2026 by charity Libraries Connected, in recognition of her “outstanding advocacy for public libraries and their ...

Crystle Martin, board secretary, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), and postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media and Learning Hub, University of California, Irvine, explores how ...

President Obama today is announcing a pair of White House initiatives aimed at increasing students’ access to public libraries, and boosting the ability of economically disadvantaged students to use ...