The advent of digital information and the expansion of online library services have ushered in a transformative era for users with disabilities. Web accessibility, underpinned by the principles of ...

Welcome to the 2024 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Like the profession itself, library facilities are in a ...

How can librarians ensure their instruction materials are as accessible as possible? One way is through Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines, a set of best practices to improve teaching and ...

Library makerspaces offer community members the opportunity to tinker, design, experiment, and create with a range of technology in an informal learning space. However, because current makerspaces and ...

The multi-year project will reimagine 112,749 square feet on the Library’s first and second floors to improve the visitor experience, focusing on accessibility, flexibility and community engagement.

Library officials have completed $4.6 million in renovations to improve accessibility at the Hunters Point Library in Queens as part of a class action settlement quietly finalized this month. Federal ...

A Queens library that made headlines for leaving disabled visitors behind — despite its striking design — will soon undergo major renovations to improve accessibility. The Hunters Point Library in ...

DIGHTON — The first public meeting on plans to transform the historic Smith Memorial Hall at 207 Main St. into the new Dighton Public Libary revealed new details on how the circa-1889 building is ...

When you design for people with disabilities, you're forced to think differently about every interaction, every flow, every piece of information. There’s a question that comes up often in ...

NEW YORK - Widely regarded as one of the most stunning public buildings in recent New York history, the Hunters Point Library came with a luxury price tag of $41.5 million. But weeks after the ...

Accessibility used to mean compliance. An installed grab bar, an added ramp, a resized font. But meeting physical standards is only half the challenge. The other half, the part that truly changes ...