No matter the physical size or budget, every library can play a role in supporting small businesses and promoting local economic vitality.
The Chapter Advocacy Workshop provided training to help state library association leaders become library ambassadors.
Prior to 2023, each chapter onboarded incoming chapter leaders individually, supplemented by ALA advocacy training focused on topics, not roles. But in response to rising attacks on ...
After the Central Intelligence Agency discontinued The World Factbook, a new community-maintained successor has launched. Phillip Paik writes: “OpenFactBook provides free, comprehensive, and accurate ...
Carrie Webster writes: “The user experience (UX) industry is facing its most significant shift yet. We are moving past the era of ‘design at any cost’ into the era of sustainable UX. For years, we ...
After the Central Intelligence Agency discontinued The World Factbook, a new community-maintained successor has launched. Phillip Paik writes: “OpenFactBook provides free, comprehensive, and accurate ...
After the threats to federal library funding in the past year, the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills signed by President Trump on February 3 included an increase in federal funding for ...