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Carla Hayden
Photo via Carla Hayden on Twitter

In September, Carla Hayden was sworn in as our 14th Librarian of Congress -- the first time a Black woman has held the post in our nation’s history! You can view her swearing-in ceremony on YouTube. Dr. Hayden dove right into her new role, participating in National Book Festival events and warming the hearts of children’s librarians nationwide.

The latest Pew Internet & American Life study on library usage and engagement is out. Dig into these insights!

The ground-breaking library trade journal Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) has conducted a public master class in how not to manage a public relations crisis. The situation has been reported in The Guardian and VOYA’s editors have now published a plan for how they intend to proceed.

DC Public Libraries injected notes of both levity & seriousness in their city-wide scavenger hunt for Banned Books Week.

North Dakota's Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library for geologists is undergoing a major expansion.