The federal government shutdown, which begins today, will have cascading effects across the nation and our economy. For one, it will pause federal programs and slow support for services that many ...

Welcome to the 2025 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Today’s libraries are places where people from diverse ...

Microsoft has released Proxy 4, an update of its Proxy library for runtime polymorphism in the C++ language. The new release introduces building blocks for composing facades, aliases to express ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Much like Daniel Boulud’s new (showier) Flatiron ...

Docker is commonly used for server-side and command-line apps. However, with the right setup, you can also run GUI-based applications inside containers. These containers can include GUI libraries and ...

With the internet putting a seemingly infinite supply of answers, arguments, and amusements at our fingertips, do we still need libraries? The question isn’t as rhetorical as it once seemed. As shown ...

The Library Company reading room on Juniper Street in Philadelphia c. 1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides grants to libraries and museums nationwide, has been effectively shuttered and its staff placed on administrative leave. This ...

Correction: A previous version of this article had a different date of establishment for the Institute of Museum and Libraries. IMLS was established in 1996. In an executive order last week, the Trump ...