The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) selected seven winners of the 2016 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. The goal of the program is to recognize and ...

Show us your beautiful new library! American Libraries is now accepting submissions for the 2023 Library Design Showcase, our annual feature celebrating new and newly renovated libraries of all types.

Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased ...

In its first nine months, Austin (Tex.) Public Library’s new Central Library saw 1 million patrons come through its doors. Since cutting its ribbon in 2017, K. O. Lee Aberdeen (S.Dak.) Public Library ...

Task and design concept: Four-in-One with "collection, exhibition, reading, and enjoyment." After on-site investigation, the architect put forward the idea of planning and transforming the library and ...