Library Design Showcase celebrates new and renovated libraries and administrative facilities throughout North America.

How to choose service desks that create a comfortable, engaging, and purpose-fit space with Yakety Yak Furniture.

Every year, the American Library Association (ALA) recognizes the achievements of more than 200 individuals and institutions ...

The year 2023 was another record-breaker for book bans. The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented 1,247 attempts to censor library books and other ...

At Jacksonville (Ala.) State University’s Houston Cole Library, students used augmented reality to complete a treasure hunt–themed orientation. With Gen Z in its higher-education years and Gen Alpha ...

Define the purpose of the service desks Start by pinpointing the core functions of your desks. Will they serve as a circulation counter, help pod, IT desk, welcome station, or perhaps a combination of ...

Sonya Knisley, head of children’s services at Clark County (Ohio) Public Library (CCPL), has seen it happen over and over again. Someone walks into her location and applies for a library card—with one ...

Number of event fliers in the Hip-Hop Collection at Cornell University Library (CUL) in Ithaca, New York. These handmade fliers, made between 1976 and 1984, advertise early live performances by genre ...

The American Library Association (ALA) and the International Interior Design Association are pleased to present the winners of the 2024 Library Interior Design Awards. Submissions, open to any library ...

Ted Quiballo (right), instructional technologies librarian at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, shows interns for World Relief Chicagoland’s youth summer program how to use a 3D scanner.