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ALA Midwinter attendees waiting for the show floor to open Photo credit: Meredith Schwartz In spite of intermittent rain, the mild temperatures of Atlanta, GA, made it a welcome destination for the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting...

Boston is a city of firsts. It is home to the first publicly supported free municipal library in the world, Boston Public Library, and the first US subway, the “T.” The city boasts America’s first public park, Boston Common, and first public secondary...

LibraryCity’s goal is the creation of a national digital library endowment and intertwined public and academic library systems online. The vision is evolving, and here is the latest version, with a special focus on the K-12 and economic benefits. Short...

I hope all my readers had a lovely Thanksgiving with friends and family. Right before the break, my AP European Country was studying the Industrial Revolution and reading some of the descriptions of what it was like to work in a factory or mine in that...

Despite milder than usual temperatures for an ALA Midwinter host city, this year’s conference had one of the smallest turnouts in years. The 2017 Atlanta version of ALA Midwinter saw attendance drop nearly 30% from last year’s turnout in Boston. Only...