If central Ohio feels a bit more knowledgeable than usual this week, there’s a reason. Granted, we’re officially a Smart City and always a community of bright, curious and productive people, but this ...

The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)/American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference looks set for a strong future as preparations for the third event get under way. As ALA’s most ...

The Public Library Association (PLA) has established the Transformative Technology Task Force to advise the association on the evolving role and impacts of transformative technology on library work ...

At the risk of overshadowing the coming solar eclipse, especially with totality here for the first time in 200 years, this also is great time to talk instead about a radiant force in Ohio, and that’s ...

CHICAGO, April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA) will host its 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition June 26-30 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, ...

The first Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)/American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference, held November 11–13, 2014, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), was an overwhelming success.

Amazon’s Kindle-free presence at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. I went looking for the digital future of libraries at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting this ...

The American Library Association (ALA) welcomed the release of a major national study conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) about the condition of public library buildings.

A one-day National Conference on “Transformation of Higher Education Libraries in the Digital Environment” will be organised in Goa on Friday. The conference will deliberate on the latest advances in ...

Librarians from all over the country have been gathering in Portland this week for the Public Library Association’s annual conference. The role of libraries has been slowly changing for years, but ...