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The day Information Today's office closed because of a new virus called COVID-19--March 16, 2020--was the same day we sent the April 2020 issue to the printer. I don't have [...]

This article originally ran as a Spotlight article for NewsBreaks in October 2022. View it online at newsbreaks.info today. com/Spotlight/Halloween-Recom mendations-for-Your-Library-155123.asp. Happy (early) Halloween! Now that the spooky season is [...]

Traveling any time of year is great, but there's something special about getting away in the summer--the schools are closed, the days are long, and the weather is warm. In [...]

The ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition is always a whirlwind. There are sessions to attend, people to meet, booths to visit, and swag to collect. My last Annual was in [...]

When I was a high school exchange student in Germany, I played a lot of UNO with my host family. They had their own extra rules they played by--for example, [...]

What you do during the month of October reveals a bit about you. Are you prepping your Halloween costume and/or planning a Halloween party? Are you making a grocery list [...]

This year's ALA winter conference, LibLearnX, was held Jan. 19-22 in Baltimore. I attended some virtual sessions on the topics of digital equity plans, libraries as community connectors, promoting diverse [...]

As I write this, San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) is hosting Comic-Con International. I've never attended, but I'm glued to my phone for the duration of the con each year, [...]

NewsBreaks often covers recent surveys from Pew Research Center, 'a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.' Its website has 12 [...]

In August 2023, library software company Springshare acquired Patron Point, which offers a full-service marketing automation platform to public libraries. Patron Point became an independent brand within the Springshare company [...]

On the previous pages, Justin Hoenke explores the new library streaming service biblio+. It has a respectable selection so far, but it doesn't have the buzzed-about hits that commercial streaming [...]

As we start a new year, I want to check in with people who help make Information Today happen. What are they looking forward to? What tech will they be [...]

We at Information Today like to say that the magazine provides info pros with the news they need to do their jobs as effectively as possible. We strike a balance [...]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Information Today often features articles about self-care, and this issue is no exception. Check out We the People on page 6 for a look [...]

At a conference years ago, a publisher (Sourcebooks, I think) was giving away T-shirts that said, 'Authors are my rock stars.' The sentiment rings true to me, because encounters with [...]

This issue, Information Today features the anniversaries of two info industry mainstays. First, The Library Corporation (TLC) has been in business for 50 years as of 2024. Justin Hoenke spoke [...]

We are in our 25th year of the new millennium now, inching closer to the era when AI will be fully integrated into society and might even overtake humans as [...]

The following is an excerpt of the June Spotlight article of the same name. Visit news breaks.infotoday.com/Spotlight/Session-Highlights-From-the-2023-U.S.-Book-Show- 158973.asp to read the article in full. The third U.S. Book Show, hosted [...]

For an expanded version of this article and links to all of the websites mentioned, visit newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Spotlight/ Whats-New-With-Public-Library-EbookVendors-151175.asp. Library ebook vendors sign contracts with publishers to get books delivered to [...]

Because 2020 has been all kinds of awful, I want to celebrate whatever silver linings we can find. Here are some thoughts from 15 info pros, who share what they're [...]

The ALA Annual Conference is such a massive event that I was skeptical an online version could convey all of its aspects properly. Despite a few technical hiccups in the [...]

On March 30, CCC hosted a town hall via LinkedIn called ChatGPT & Information Integrity. Chris Kenneally, CCC's senior director of content marketing, moderated the live event, inviting the speakers [...]

On March 1, the ASERL (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries) Professional Development Webinar Series hosted the Uprooted, Nomadic, & Displaced webinar, which was inspired by Katrina Spencer's article for NewsBreaks, [...]

This issue closes out our 40th anniversary year. We have a great team working on this newsmagazine, and I want to thank each writer, contributor, and editor, as well as [...]

Happy Halloween! In honor of the holiday, David Haden wanted to dig deep into sources for imaginative literature, or as he says, weird tales (page 33). I decided to run [...]

For the second year, the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition was a virtual event, full of live and on-demand sessions, interactive exhibitor pages, poster sessions (many presented with audio narration), [...]

ALA Midwinter offered up some dynamic activists in conversation with librarians who asked thought-provoking questions. The big get--someone who probably couldn't have participated had the event been live--was our first [...]

Did you ever subscribe to Netflix's DVD service? I did until 2019. I was sad to cancel it--it was so user-friendly and convenient, and it was my last tie to [...]

When I attended the virtual U.S. Book Show in May, book banning and book challenges dominated the conversation. Presenters shared disconcerting stories of groups showing up at school and library [...]

A longer version of this article originally appeared as 'Selling Ebooks: The Latest News From Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Rakuten Kobo' (newsbreaks .infotoday.com/Spotlight/Selling-Ebooks-The-Latest-News-From-Amazon-Barnes-Noble-and-Rakuten-Kobo-135473.asp). All of the following press releases [...]

Pride Month is a joyful time for the LGBTQ+ community, but so many roadblocks to equity and acceptance remain. LGBTQ+ books are challenged and banned (see International Report on page [...]

I have always liked the saying that those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it, attributed to philosopher George Santayana. I'm also inclined to agree with [...]

This issue looks at ways info pros can share their knowledge, whether online or offline. Has your library joined TikTok yet? Justin Hoenke investigates a platform that more and more [...]

At the end of every year, Information Today looks ahead: What will info pros be talking about in the future? How will the information industry change? This year, like any, [...]

Depending on where you live, the month of March can still feel like winter, but March 20, 2023, is the first day of spring. Spring is a time of rejuvenation [...]

Welcome to the first issue of 2023. To start the new year off on a positive note, I talked to info pros about what they're looking forward to (page 20). [...]

The ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is presented to an organization that plans, develops, and applies a patron-training program that explores IT in a library setting. The [...]

A recent Campus Technology article notes that according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, 'library collections in higher education now contain more digital items than physical' (campustechnology.com/ articles/2018/12/12/digital-dominatesin-college-libraries.aspx). [...]

It is no surprise that library signage tends to be inclusive: Book displays, event fliers, posters, and other artwork communicate that all are welcome. Rebecca McCorkindale, assistant library director/creative director [...]

Are there people out there who actually like change? If you're one of them, please teach me how to have your attitude. I have trouble dealing with all change, even [...]

The job of the information professional to help people find, sort, understand, and make use of all kinds of content is a daunting one. Information Today aims to help info [...]

The ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is presented to an organization that plans, develops, and applies a patron-training program that explores IT in a library setting. The [...]

There are some things that are just as good as we expect them to be, such as cracking open a brand-new book, sliding into clean sheets at bedtime, and the [...]

It may be summer in our part of the world--a time to relax and rejuvenate while the days are long and the weather's nice--but Information Today is aiming to keep [...]

Imagine that you notice a need for technical skills training at your university. You think that students, faculty members, and staffers should know how to interact with tools such as [...]

Yet another recent ALA conference was affected by snowy conditions--there were sessions canceled, and some booth personnel were unable to reach Philadelphia for the Public Library Association (PLA) 2018 Conference. [...]

Whether or not filmmakers set out to create a movie with a message, theatergoers will assign meaning to their films (or they may see messages the filmmakers didn't intend). How [...]

The summer movie season is upon us, and I'll be venturing out to the theater to see just two--Jurassic World: Dominion and Thor: Love and Thunder. Growing up, I was [...]

To get a fresh perspective on something, you have to take a step back and find a new way of looking at it. This month, our two main features do [...]