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  • Libraries

    The ALA Sues Over the Scuppering of the IMLS

    A lawsuit filed in federal court on April 7 by the American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees alleges that the Trump administration’s recent “evisceration” of the Institute of Museum and Library Services is both illegal and unconstitutional.

  • Libraries

    21 States Sue Trump Administration Over Scuttling of IMLS, Other Agencies

    Attorneys general from 21 states have sued the Trump administration to block its recent efforts to scuttle the Institute of Museum and Library Services and several other federal agencies.

  • Libraries

    National Library Week 2025 Emphasizes the Draw of Libraries

    Amidst turmoil, the American Library Association is marking National Library Week April 6-12 with the tagline “Drawn to the Library,” which emphasizes the essential role libraries play in American life. This year’s honorary cochairs are Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud.

  • Libraries

    Publishers Ask Congress to Defend Libraries as Federal Library Grant Funding Ends

    Four of the Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3 expressing “deep concern” for the nation’s libraries following a week of unprecedented turmoil orchestrated by the Trump administration at the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

  • Libraries

    IMLS Staff Furloughed, Prompting Questions from ‘Disappointed’ Board

    The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on 90-day administrative leave on March 31. A letter sent to acting director Keith Sonderling three days later by the institute’s 19-member advisory board identified some big questions.

  • Libraries

    Four Senators Defend IMLS in Bipartisan Letter to Acting Director

    The lead authors of the 2018 Museum and Library Services Act—two Democrats and two Republicans—wrote to Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling to remind him of his “obligation to faithfully execute the provisions of the law.”

  • News

    ALA, SBA Launch First School Librarians Conference in Sharjah

    The American Library Association and the Sharjah Book Authority will host the inaugural ALA Sharjah School Librarians Conference on April 15–16 in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Libraries

    Board Advising IMLS Tells Acting Director Mandates ‘Cannot’ Be Hindered

    In a March 24 letter, the National Museum and Library Services Board laid out the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ statutory obligations for its acting director, Keith Sonderling, as supporters continued to speak out on behalf of the embattled federal agency.

  • Shows & Events

    TLA 2025: Librarians Saddle Up for Dallas

    The biggest library show in Texas hightails it to Big D, with a theme of ‘Library Renaissance: The Quest for Renewal’

  • Shows & Events

    TLA 2025: A Library Renaissance Roundup

    Presentations from household-name authors and professional panels for light-bulb moments are on the schedule in Dallas.

  • Libraries

    Deputy Secretary of Labor Installed as Acting Director of the IMLS

    Following a March 14 executive order to scale back the Institute for Museum and Library Services, Keith Sonderling was sworn in as the grant-making agency's leader on March 20, accompanied by DOGE personnel.

  • Libraries

    Executive Order Targets the Institute of Museum and Library Services

    The ALA, EveryLibrary, and other organizations and individuals have rushed to defend the IMLS against the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to eliminate the agency, which plays a key role in distributing congressionally approved funds to libraries, museums, and archives across the country.

  • Libraries

    Library Database Providers Clash Over Subscription Models

    Data and analytics resource ProQuest will require libraries to lease content rather than make permanent acquisitions, shocking the library community. Competitor EBSCO responded by assuring customers that it will continue its perpetual access policy.

  • Libraries

    Digital Checkouts Rose 17% at OverDrive

    Digital borrowing of e-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines rose to more than 739 million checkouts at the libraries and schools who use OverDrive's Libby and Sora apps.

  • Awards & Prizes

    Percival Everett, Kevin Fedarko Win 2025 Carnegie Medals

    Percival Everett's 'James' took home this year’s fiction medal, and 'A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon' by Kevin Fedarko received this year’s nonfiction award.

  • Libraries

    Louisiana Supreme Court Revives Librarian Amanda Jones’s Defamation Suit

    After some two years of legal wrangling, Jones will finally get her day in court after the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated a decision tossing the defamation case and remanded it back to the appeals court with an order to hear the case on the merits.

  • Libraries

    Freedom to Read Advocates Celebrate a Major Legal Victory in Arkansas

    After issuing a preliminary injunction in July 2023, a federal judge in Arkansas has now permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas’s controversial “harmful to minors” law, known as Act 372, finding the law to be unconstitutional.

  • Libraries

    The Top 10 Library Stories of 2024

    PW looks back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year and what they portend for 2025.

  • Libraries

    Editor's Note: So Long, Not Goodbye

    A sincere thank you from outgoing PW executive editor Andrew Albanese, and best wishes for a happy holiday season.

  • Libraries

    New Jersey Delivers a Victory for the Freedom to Read—and for Librarians

    More than three years after she became a target of abuse from book banners, librarian Martha Hickson found herself standing side by side with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on December 9 as he signed the state’s Freedom to Read Act into law.

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