2025 Annual Conference Preview

We’re back in the City of Brotherly Love! Annual opens in Philadelphia today. Read our roundup of the can’t-miss featured speakers, authors, education programs, celebrations, and networking opportunities at this year’s conference. READ MORE

Revolutionary Eats

From old-school Italian joints to dim sum restaurants, whiskey bars to vegan eateries, Pennsylvania Dutch smorgasbords to James Beard winners, American Libraries’ Philadelphia dining guide has you covered. (And, of course, there’s cheesesteak.) READ MORE

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I’m sad to not be in Philly for the Annual Conference this year. If there was ever a time when colleagues and camaraderie were needed, it’s now! So, grab a coffee, fill a tote, give Dr. Hayden my regards, and tell our pals at the IMLS booth Jeff says “Hey.”—@‪jregensb.bsky.social‬

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Bookend: Eat and Greet

Free Library of Philadelphia will host a variety of programs during Annual. Learn more about the library’s Culinary Literacy Center and its flagship Edible Alphabet program, which brings ESL learners together to cook meals and practice conversation. READ MORE

America’s Librarian

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will speak with author Kwame Alexander about the challenges libraries are facing, 1–2 p.m. tomorrow. In 2016, American Libraries talked to Hayden about being sworn in as the nation’s new head librarian and her career-long focus on equity and access. READ MORE

Bookend: Medical Marvels

Heading to the Mütter Museum? In 2020, we spoke with Beth M. Lander, then–college librarian at the Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, about a collection spanning 1,000 years of medical history. READ MORE

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