As a city planner doing data-driven policy design, how do you see the role of libraries? When we talk about public space, the first thing that comes to mind are parks. But libraries are public space ...

Welcome to your gateway to International Monetary Fund’s global economic data. Our new data portal provides streamlined access to timely, reliable, and easy-to-understand macroeconomic and financial ...

Librarians are generally a deliberate lot. We keep calm and gather information. But many of us are genuinely alarmed about recent actions by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Back on ...

David Leonard is president of the Boston Public Library. Although this is National Library Week, our nation’s libraries find themselves under threat. An executive order is effectively dismantling the ...

The United Nations is starting a new chapter in its relationship with libraries, researchers, and knowledge institutions worldwide. For over 75 years, the UN Depository Library Programme played a ...

A federal lawsuit reviewed by Newsweek alleges that a company involved in constructing the Obama Presidential Center subjected a Chicago-based Black American-owned subcontractor to "baseless criticism ...

In my 20 years of experience, I've seen how data centralization and visualization can support strategic decision making by making complex data from multiple sources clear and easy to interpret. This ...

General Motors is collecting data on its car owners' driving habits and selling that information to insurers without consumers' consent or knowledge, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges in a ...

Thanks to generative AI, we’re getting close to the promise of truly “democratizing” data. This means anyone can make decisions that are data-driven, not just highly skilled data scientists. Here ‘s ...