Glen J. Benedict (right), access services librarian at the University of the District of Colombia in Washington, D.C., and Mel Baldwin, adult services librarian at ...

Somewhere in your neighborhood is a free computer equipped to secure your data. That’s because, as it turns out, the D.C. Public Library (DCPL) is a bastion of privacy. Librarians are teaching patrons ...

Regardless of why someone comes into a library, every patron should be free to interact with staff, browse materials, and use the internet without fear of harassment or worse. That freedom depends on ...

Colloquy: Read the transcript of an online discussion about whether libraries’ increasing use of high-tech tags to keep track of books poses a threat to privacy and civil liberties by enabling library ...