When librarians at local public libraries decide which books to keep and which to exclude, they often violate the public trust by doing so based on ideology. To avoid potential legal liability, these ...

Jen Miller doesn’t run a typical school library. There’s no scolding kids for turning in books late or shushing noisy students. She carries books of every genre, for every reader at her middle school; ...

When Leigh Knapp became her school’s first full-time media specialist, she had a vision to change the library into a place where kids felt seen and encouraged, and could discover a joy of reading.

Philadelphia in recent years has had only two full-time librarians in a school district with 216 schools and 118,000 students. It’s a challenge Debra Kachel, an affiliate faculty member at Antioch ...

Springfield school librarians are upset about the district's plan to cut 10 library jobs next year. If implemented, the cuts would include scaling back full-time staffing at four of the five public ...