3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
New York's principal public library system, founded in 1895 through consolidation of private collections, which became one of the world's great research libraries and a symbol of democratic access to knowledge — partially funded by Andrew Carnegie.
The American Library Association — the professional association for librarians in the US, which has become a flashpoint in culture war debates over book banning, intellectual freedom, and the political orientation of librarianship.
American librarian elected as president of the American Library Association in 2023 who publicly identifies as a Marxist — becoming a flashpoint in debates about the political orientation of professional librarianship.