Libraries
A decade of open data activism has left us with unprecedented access to many kinds of data. Find out who has data now, and how you can get your hands on it!
You can advance the coding skills of your teen patrons using JavaScript coding, which builds on HTML and CSS by adding interactivity to web pages.
Read news about the ALA intellectual freedom resources, reduced access to digital content, the top 10 books by librarians, ranking libraries, and more!
Read what s diverse panel of library technology experts had to say about trends and advances in library technology at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference.
A dozen or so libraries across the country have begun to offer the public access to mobile hotspots that allow access to the library's e-book collection.
It is vital that public libraries understand the needs and interests of their communities and patrons. Read about WebJunction's Basket of Discovery Tools.
In one school year, teens at the Spring Branch in Harris County Public Library used HTML and CSS coding to create web pages. Read all about it!
Emilio Estevez talks about his inspiration and research for the film The Public and the roles of 21st-century libraries and issues facing their communities.
Apple's expanded iPad lineup complicates the decision process when you're looking to buy one of its new tablets. Here's a quick overview to help you out.
Optical character recognition allows us to transform a scan of a document into searchable, sortable text that we can analyze. See a comparison of OCR tools!
Memory loss affects 40 percent of all U.S. adults over 65. Libraries have started hosting Memory Cafés for these people and their caregivers.
The librarian interview podcast Circulating Ideas has been going for several years now. Here Steve Thomas, talks about how he started and his library heroes.