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High-profile educators like to talk about tech tools and other products they like. We need to know if they’re being paid to do so.

The public policy expert and activist explains the impact of systemic racism and white supremacy on access to information.

Administrators' efforts and advice, the power of immigrant stories, and the impact of the library on journalist Scott Pelley were among the highlights of the second day of the SLJ Leadership Summit.

There is a phrase in Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk: amahirwe aza rimwe, which translates to “chance comes once.” When Rebeka had a chance to do something difficult and scary, we faced the challenges together. Now we’ve partnered again to share her story, so that others will be inspired to take chances that change lives.

Medical doctor and international policymaker Alaa Murabit kicked off the SLJ  Leadership Summit on Saturday with a challenge: find a way to translate their work in a way that compels the public and people in power to support libraries.

Author Shaun David Hutchinson considers taking a step back from darker narratives that reflect the trauma and struggles of the world as it is now, focusing instead on "telling stories about the world we could live in."

The day after my thirteenth birthday in January 1963, Alabama governor George Wallace proclaimed, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” I sat stunned on the sofa watching the six o’clock news. It felt to me that he had just declared war. Child of the Dream is my memoir of the year that followed.

Readers return to the Orkney Isles to join a young witch’s epic adventure.

Tami Charles explores transformation and forgiveness in Becoming Beatriz.