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Before I write each introduction to this column, I read the interview that just took place and then let the interviewee's words sit in my heart for a few days. [...]

Fifty years ago, many people dreamed of a future filled with technology that's not that different from what we have today. But it's one thing to dream, and it's another [...]

Everyone working in the library world knows that you're always doing a little bit of everything. One librarian who does just that is Jenna Mayotte, director of the Falmouth Memorial [...]

LinkedIn is the best social network for me to visit to catch up on the latest library news and actually feel like I've accomplished something. In my time perusing the [...]

If you've ever spent time at the Internet Librarian or Computers in Libraries I conferences, chances are that you've run into the amazing Rebecca Jones. It's hard to miss her--her [...]

We are living in a golden age of video games. Take a moment and think about today's popular culture, and what you'll see are elements of video games everywhere. The [...]

I've been a big fan of Amberlee McGaughey's work in youth services from the moment I met her back in 2015. At that time, we both worked at a library [...]

I've always admired the librarians out there who are working for state libraries. Somehow, someway, each one of them is able to pull off what I like to think of [...]

For the past 2 years, I've been living in the wonderful state of Maine. It's a place with some of the most beautiful nature you've ever seen, as well as [...]

We live in the age of information. Every moment, from the time we wake up until the point in the day when we set down our phone for the evening, [...]

When it comes to keeping up with the latest trends, libraries seem to always be at the front lines, learning and growing as the rest of the world does the [...]

WHAT HAS THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LOOKED LIKE? WHAT ARE YOU USING TO BUILD INKLEAF? From his time as a systems administrator at Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan to developing [...]

I keep coming back to one specific thing that this issue's interviewee Sherlonya I Zobel said: 'If respect isn't the baseline of library service, I don't know what is.' When [...]

An in-person library conference I attended recently reminded me of just how important it is to get out there in the professional world, connect with others, and, most importantly, learn [...]

In the world of libraries, where budgets tend to stay flat or shrink while everything else keeps going up in cost, the thought of dropping a massive amount of money [...]

One person who has continually inspired me through the years is Hillary Ostlund, the library director at Hillsboro Public Library in Oregon. Hillary's positivity, kindness, and people-first leadership are the [...]

Over the last 10 years, we've seen a boom in various wild and wonderful niche wikis popping up all over the internet. Do you need to know something very specific [...]

In print and on the internet, we see the biggest and boldest projects in the headlines. But what we find out time and time again is that the work being [...]

The rallying cry to get out of the library and get into the community has been central for such a long time for all libraries, and there's a reason for [...]

Is there such a thing as yearlong jet lag? I've been in the dumps recently. Ever since returning to the U.S. after being away for 2 years while working in [...]

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about leadership in public libraries, and just like magic, I came across the news that Mark Fink, a wonderful library leader I got to [...]

I have always greatly admired the work that librarians do with collections. Not only did the whole idea of libraries start with a focus on collections, but as time has [...]

This is a long one, so let's get right into my interview with Tosca Waerea. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR LIBRARY JOURNEY. I only ever had four solid goals in life: [...]

In summer 2022, my good friend Jen Rearick, owner of Tiny Little Monster, a custom print shop near St. Louis, came to stay with my family for about a week. [...]

One of the greatest misconceptions about video games that still lingers to this day is that playing and enjoying them is a solitary experience. There's the stereotypical image of the [...]

I've been following Maurice Coleman on nearly every social media platform since what feels like the dawn of my library career. At every moment, Maurice has been there to dish [...]

My favorite kind of people in this world are the ones who live the phrases 'honesty is the best policy' and 'wear your heart on your sleeve.' When I find [...]

I'm back in the U.S. now, living and working in the great state of Maine, but nearly every day, I think about how over the past 2 years, I was [...]

Community, connection, kindness, empathy, and listening are words that we hear a lot these days. Time and time again, we are faced with issues in our modern world, and time [...]

Jason Broughton has done so many things for the communities he has served and is one of the model librarians of the 21st century. When we spoke, he was fresh [...]

A career serving a community should always be celebrated, so I spoke with Anne Davis, who for the last 30 years has been the library director at Gardiner Public Library [...]

The article focuses on the evolving landscape of video game trends as of late 2024, noting a shift from easily identifiable trends to more conceptual and iterative ideas. Topics include the current popularity of gaming among teens, the relative decline of VR and cloud-based gaming, and the enduring growth of the video game industry despite the difficulty in pinpointing specific trends.

In the previous installment of A Day in the Life, I chatted with Mary Danko, director of the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vt. Now let's turn our attention to [...]

'New Zealand' and 'Wellington' are commonly referred to by their current Maori-language names (Aotearoa and Te Whanganui a Tara) out of respect and love for the native inhabitants of those [...]

One thing blew me away during my Zoom interview with Mary Danko and Emer Pond Feeney, the dynamic duo leading Vermont's largest public library, the Fletcher Free Library, in the [...]

This issue, Christie Clarke, a youth services librarian in rural Gering, Neb., talks about one of my favorite topics: rural public libraries in America and just how important these spaces [...]

Abbey Road. Sound City. Gold Star. Sunset Sound. These are just some of the famous recording studios that are responsible for the recorded music you know and love. You can [...]

Ever since I chatted with Chelsea Lemburg, I haven't been able to get the idea of 'ceding the floor' to our communities--specifically our marginalized communities--out of my head. This is [...]

For this column, I chat with Jonathan Bohan, data archive specialist and assistant data custodian for the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, part of Cornell University. It was amazing to [...]

No matter what type of public library you work in, one thing remains consistent in the 21st century: the importance of community engagement in all areas of library service. Modern [...]

This article originally appeared as a NewsBreak (newsbreaks.infotoday.com/ NewsBreaks/How-to-Use-ALAs-Guideto-Media-Literacy-145124.asp). ALA's Media Literacy in the Library: A Guide for Library Practitioners, released in November 2020, is 'designed to support libraries in [...]

This issue, we'll hear from Sally Turbitt, team leader of client services at the University of Newcastle in Australia. She was previously the university's makerspace coordinator, and in this role, [...]

According to Matt Finch's professional bio, he 'helps communities, companies, and institutions to create effective and innovative strategies, programmes, and partnerships. His work spans scenario planning and foresight, policy consultation [...]

* In the May issue of Information Today, Brandi Scardilli's Editor's Note compares this series of articles to movie trilogies. We've made it through Parts 1 through 3, and here [...]

* Let's set the scene: You've settled nicely into your office after your first year on the job as a library director. The walls around your desk are surrounded either [...]

In the May issue, we were chatting about how the first step to becoming a library director is recognizing that you're in the middle of a big life change. Now [...]

Hot off the heels of last issue's A Day in the Life with Tyla Winter from the South Taranaki District Libraries system is Emily Clough, another wonderful staff member at [...]

For this and the next installment of this column, I'll be focusing on libraries here in New Zealand. As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19 and how library services [...]

What's it like to move into a new role in your library system when you've been with that system for almost 20 years? Jamie Boorman recently became Wellington City Libraries' [...]