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"The weaponization of libraries ... is a bludgeon that’s scaring people everywhere," said American Library Association President Emily Drabinski.

The Salem City Council is set to vote Monday on whether to authorize a $325,000 settlement to a former Willamette Valley Communications Center employee.

“Once the government is allowed to restrict access to written materials, citizens should be alarmed.” | Opinion

In less than a year, Mychal Threets has captured the hearts of thousands by sharing touching stories from his library.

United Syracuse, a group of several union chapters on campus, formed this summer to advocate for wage increases and more transparency from SU.

It followed the the public service union’s criticism of “soft policing” by gardaí of protests at libraries, migrant centers and the Dáil.

The coalition of labor organizations at SU met Wednesday afternoon to discuss its parking and transportation petition.

Librarian Sharice Towles checks in books at the main branch of the Reading Public Library circulation desk in Reading, Penn. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ImagesDespite misconceptions and stereotypes – ranging from what librarians Gretchen Keer and Andrew Carlos have described as the “middle-aged, bun-wearing, comfortably shod, shushing librarian” to the “sexy librarian … and the hipster or tattooed librarian” – library profess...

We can travel our river’s course, drifting freely as on skis down a slope of movement, vanquishing the moguls in life’s flowing stream as we move to the rhy

At ALA's 2023 LibLearnX conference in New Orleans, library workers offered tips for community organizing and sustaining activism.