The American Library Project
The Project
The American Library Project is a storytelling initiative that investigates the changing role of public libraries across America by asking:
Why do libraries matter today?
How do libraries connect people with the world around them?
How are libraries responding to today’s most urgent social issues?
To answer these questions, writers Carmen Vintro & Oliver Jakes drove across the US, library by library, to meet the communities that create and are formed by America’s public libraries.
Featured Stories
Why is this Library Adult-Only?
Amidst a heated battle against censorship in Idaho, parents have to waive their child’s rights.
Library Director/Library Mother
We met Sherry Scheline, the Library Director changing children’s lives in Donnelly, Idaho.
Our People
Oliver Jakes
Writer
National Geographic, The Camera
Carmen Vintro
Writer
The Camera
Contact Us
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