JSTOR Expands Free Education in US Prisons

JSTOR’s Access in Prison Initiative and Prison Banned Books Week are making strides toward improving information access for people who are incarcerated.

Lending an Ear: How Audiobooks Pave the Way to Adult and Family Literacy

For many, audiobooks can offer a welcome escape to another world at the touch of a button, but they can also be a valuable literacy tool for all ages.

Lessons from Shawshank

Project 2025 and Libraries (Part 4)

This final installment of this series looks at the ideological hubris and ignominy that follows when your plan for a “second American Revolution” has less widespread appeal than you expected. Once you’ve said the quiet part out loud, even if there are denials that are less than picture perfect, a strong history of connections, and evidence that you’ve hired all the right people, it’s hard to stop doubling down.

Build Entrepreneurship by Researching in Large Public Libraries

There are more career resources at the library than you might realize.

Project 2025 and Libraries (Part 3)

In this continuing blog series, EveryLibrary’s goal is to provide the backstory of Project 2025 and the current dismissal by the Trump Campaign by providing the links that show connections that can’t be denied. While this series provides the larger picture, the EveryLibrary Institute has released a report that outlines the impact Project 2025 would have on libraries. How Will Project 2025 Impact Libraries details Project 2025’s plans to eliminate the Department of Education and cut Federal funding for programs—these plans dovetail with the Heritage Foundation’s longtime calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the only source of Federal funding for school and public libraries. The Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise also calls for the end of Title I, Title XI, and civil rights protections. In this next post, we explore the people behind efforts to staff the government with Trump loyalists on day one.

Free Test Prep Resources for High Schoolers

Your teen can find all the support they need for exam day at the library.

By the Numbers: Recent Consumer Surveys Show Libraries Play a Critical Role in Mainstreaming Audiobooks

Free audiobooks through the library increase accessibility to this increasingly popular format.

Project 2025 and Libraries (Part 2)

The Heritage Foundation has long advocated for the termination of the only source of Federal funding for libraries, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The cuts to Federal funding and the changes to, and elimination of, Federal Agencies may be a way to do so. The EveryLibrary Institute has released a report, How Will Project 2025 Impact Libraries, that details these and other plans that will impact libraries and even jail library professionals. To understand Project 2025, it’s important to look at the history and why its connection to the Trump Campaign is going to be hard to deny.