At Your Library

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...

Libraries Open Their Doors to Gamers on National Gaming Day @ your library

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 ...

Library Serving Youth with Technology

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...

Friend Your Library This Week

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...

A Century of Philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation of New York

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...

Libraries Transform Lives

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—...

The Most Important School Supply of All Is Available @ your library®

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...

Embedded Librarians in the Classroom

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:"Don’t Close the Book on Libraries!"