Buffy Hamilton

School librarians play a key role in the education process.

And many, like Buffy Hamilton, are going the extra mile in bringing innovative approaches to their work.

Hamilton runs the Creekview High School media center in Canton, Ga...

National Gaming Day @ your library November 12, 2011

Libraries provide spaces for social engagement.

This will be amply demonstrated this weekend when libraries across the country take part in the American Library Association's ...

Children at the Gene and Jerry Jones Youth Technology Center

The big news around Arlington, Texas is the success of the Texas Rangers baseball team. And, of course, sports fans in the area always have their eyes on their Dallas Cowboys.

But for the community served by the East Branch Library of the...

Button: I'm a library friend

If you love libraries and aren’t part of your local library’s Friends group, it's a good time to consider joining. October 16 marks the start of the sixth annual...

In 1911, Andrew Carnegie created his last and largest philanthropic institution, Carnegie Corporation of New York, to promote international peace and advance education and knowledge. While staying true to these goals, the foundation time and...

Cinda Williams Chima

As a writer of fantasy novels for teens, I see myself in my readers—hungry for story, the most passionate readers in the world. I find them in libraries. The school libraries I visit are the nerve centers of the entire school—...

Library Card Sign-Up Month honorary chair Cal Ripken, Jr.

When it comes to heading back to school, it’s important that your child has the all the tools they need to start off the school year right. So between trips to the store for glue sticks, markers and three-ring binders, be sure to stop by...

Librarian Nancy Roderer holding a smartphone

As anyone who uses a public library today knows, you don’t have to be in the library to contact your librarian. Text messages and e-mail have bridged gaps of time and distance.

College libraries have latched onto that trend as well...

Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer, author of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller, The Book of Fate, is a passionate supporter of...

Chris Wagner

New Americans have a valuable ally in realizing the American dream: librarians like Christina Wagner.

Her groundbreaking work as head librarian at the Goodman South Madison Branch (Wis.) Library has been so successful that it earned her...