This Thursday (5/20 3:00pm EST) I'm participating in a Webinar entitled "Everything Librarians and Learning Technologists Wanted to Know About Each Other and Never Bothered to Ask: An Open Forum". You ...

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the discussion Friday about the academic library and the cloud. I learned a ton. Going forward, I'm hoping to build on this dialogue and find more ...

Academic libraries, experiencing a wave of retirements, are finding they have more job openings than qualified candidates to fill them. The seller’s market for academic librarians is a result of a few ...

The ACRL Board of Directors approved a revision of "A Framework for Access Services Librarianship" (PDF) at its June, 27, 2026, meeting. Developed by the ACRL Access Services Interest Group (ASIG), th ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day—and recognize the American Library Association adding sustainability as a core value—American Libraries returns with its ongoing sustainability series. In ...

Blair Solon, collection analysis librarian and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, speaks during the "Can It Happen Here? Book challenges, censorship, and academic ...

Sabine Dantus is a 2005 alumna who has held a faculty librarian position at FIU since 2022. In this first-person essay, she recounts the experiences that led her to pursue her current profession. The ...

University of California librarians and their allies marched across campus Wednesday with their mouths taped shut in support of academic freedom for librarians. University Council-American Federation ...

The cost of academic journals has increased steeply over the past few decades and continues to climb. Academic libraries, already caught in an economic squeeze, are finding it difficult to acquire new ...