Welcome to the 2014 Library Design Showcase, our annual celebration of new and newly renovated libraries. These libraries are shining examples of innovative architecture that address user needs in ...

In an effort to modernize the Free Library of Philadelphia’s main building into a more accessible public destination, architect Moshe Safdie envisioned a design to nearly double the amount of space ...

Around the turn of the 20 th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor ...

Welcome to the 2021 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. That this year’s ...

The following article is an op-ed by Susan Bernofsky, chair of the PEN translation committee, originally published on her blog Translationista. Yesterday I was invited to tour the stacks at the 42nd ...