Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, ...

Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads. “I never expected any of this,” said Jones, who lives ...

In honor of “Banned Books Week,” Hari interviews Amanda Jones, author of "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America." Jones details the online and in-person abuse she experienced after ...

The 2025 recipients of the I Love My Librarian Award (ILMLA) are 10 standout librarians. They include a bookmobile librarian serving a community in crisis, a school librarian bridging gaps for ...

The subject of a bestseller who led a remarkable life as a scholar and cultural force while hiding her Black identity is the focus of an exhibition at the institution she headed. An online resource, ...

Without assigning any reason, US President Donald Trump has removed Dr Carla Hayden from office as Librarian of Congress sending shockwaves throughout the literary and political circles. The sudden ...