Libraries are among the most important institutions in America’s reading culture. They provide books, expertise, technology, programs, gathering places, and opportunities for people of different ages and circumstances to keep learning and reading.
This page will examine the challenges and opportunities affecting that role: collection pressures, resources, affordability, policy changes, different formats of reading, and the evolving ways libraries connect people with books.
When debates involve licensing or other technical aspects of providing books, ACRE will keep the public purpose in view. The central questions are how readers are served, how libraries can build sustainable collections, and how the broader system can continue supporting the creation and availability of books.
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