EditorialLionel Mapleson Cylinders, recordings from Lionel Mapleson, an English-born librarian for the Metropolitan Opera, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York on Dec. 19, 2022. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
EditorialBooks whose suitability is being questioned at the North Hunterdon Regional High School library in Annandale, N.J., on June 14, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialAbdel Kader Haidara, surrounded by thousands of manuscripts stored in custom-made boxes at the headquarters of the SAVAMA-DCI organization, in Bamako, Mali, on March 11, 2022. (Nicolas Remene/The New York Times)
EditorialBooks whose suitability is being questioned at the North Hunterdon Regional High School library in Annandale, N.J., on June 14, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialRecovered paintings depict Annatje Eltinge and her husband, Dirck D. Wynkoop, a wealthy couple who were descendants of the first Dutch settlers in the New Paltz, N.Y., area. (FBI via The New York Times)
EditorialKay Johnston, a librarian who is struggling with the effects of inflation, at her home in Dallas, on June 15, 2022. (Dylan Hollingsworth/The New York Times)
EditorialA librarian prepares a book for labelling and storage at a working station in the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library, May 12, 2022. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/The New York Times)
EditorialHistorian Jon Meacham, center, speaks during a discussion with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, left, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan 6, 2022, on how to establish and preserve the narrative of the Capitol attacks on Jan. 6, 2021. (Al Drago/The New York Times)
EditorialCarrie Damon, a middle school librarian in San Antonio, Texas, celebrated national “Banned Books Week” with her students by talking about literature’s beauty and subversive power. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialLibrarian of Congress James Billington and CFO of the Library of Congress JoAnn Jenkins testifies in Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 21 Apr 2010
EditorialSamir Patel of Atlas Obscura, on a tour of places off the beaten track, with the librarian Arlene Shaner in a room lined with rare books from the 16th and 17th centuries at the New York Academy of Medicine in Manhattan, May 26, 2021. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
EditorialSenate Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Government Accountability