When DePaul University opened its new library in 1992, the information ecosystem was on the precipice of change. The internet was becoming mainstream and, with it, libraries’ role in providing access ...

Someone who enjoys sharing knowledge with others may like the idea of working in a library, since that is a place where visitors often seek answers to questions. In those scenarios, librarians become ...

In the coming months, the college community will be engaged in an important new phase of planning for the future of Neilson Library. Building on efforts begun in 2010, faculty, students, alumnae and ...

"Harlem Shake in a library? Yes!" cries the caption of a YouTube video uploaded last spring by the regulars of the Queens Library for Teens. While watching dozens of teenagers decked out in parrot ...

Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, spend a lot of time online, consuming and creating digital content. Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to ...

The digital era has brought profound challenges and opportunities to countless institutions and industries, from universities to newspapers to the music industry, in ways both large and small.

Our online column Letters of the Law explores a wide range of legal issues that arise in libraries, with the help of a pair of leading authorities: Mary Minow, a librarian who became a lawyer, and ...

The world’s oldest known library, the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, in what is today Iraq, was created in the seventh century B.C.E. to store clay tablets used for recordkeeping. Its librarians ...

Throughout my ever-morphing career as a Books Person, I have been lucky enough to work in many different professional roles. I've been a design assistant at a university press, an editorial intern at ...