Landing a library job takes more than loving books—it’s about showing you can serve the community, master tech tools, and align with the library’s values. From demonstrating cataloging expertise to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

I was in grad school when I first encountered Library Juice – an email-based zine filled with socially progressive essays and other reflections. It was dramatically different than the The spirit of ...

Here is an interview with Julia Feerrar, Learning Services Librarian at Virginia Tech. She joined our team last summer and spent the past year experimenting with first-year writing courses. Here is an ...

The Library of Congress has a new chief: Carla Hayden. Most of her predecessors in the role have come from scholarly institutions, but Hayden is a librarian through and through. She is also the first ...

In June, El Paso Public Library Director Carol A. Brey-Casiano became President of the American Library Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 64,000 members. In ...

There’s a stereotypical image of a librarian in popular culture: someone older, in thick-rimmed glasses and overly modest clothing, guarding the silence in a room full of books with all-powerful ...