Leadership Development Committee has selected 27 exceptional librarians to participate in the Fall 2025 PLA Leadership Academy.

It’s been a challenging few years for public libraries. After doing heroic work in their communities during the darkest days of the pandemic, librarians now face tightening budgets, surging workplace ...

Did you know that credits awarded by prior learning assessment may not transfer? Okay, as scandals go, that’s weak tea. But as an operational matter for community colleges, it’s no small thing. Prior ...

The workshop “Reflecting Community: The Importance of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Library Staffing” had participants up and moving at the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia ...

In a game changer for our region, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority voted in a bipartisan manner last week to initiate a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the construction trades unions ...

Since 2020, Jamar Rahming has rebranded Wilmington Public Library into a hot destination for the community and celebrities with visits from stars like Common, Phylicia Rashad and Keke Palmer. The ...

It's almost here: next week more than 8,000 public library professionals, exhibitors, speakers and guests will make their way to the 2020 Public Library Association national conference, set for ...

This one is in hopes that some of my wise and worldly readers know some useful things that I don’t know. Happily, I have the best readers ever, so this approach frequently works. It’s about prior ...