Library Futures

We mobilize a community of experts to encourage the adoption of technologies that uplift libraries in the digital age, promoting new possibilities for preservation of and unfettered access to information.

Library Futures is a project of The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law.

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TRACK 10 a librarian’s journey beyond the algorithm

What if music algorithms weren't inevitable? Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen explores how libraries can offer an alternative.

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Library Futures Announces 2026 Research Network Grants February 13, 2026

Meet our 2026 Research Network members and learn more about their projects!

Sick of your Spotify algorithm? Read this zine. December 04, 2025

But what if algorithms were not an inevitable part of how we listen to music? Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen explores the role of libraries in music.

Seeing with Words: An Intern’s Introduction to Accessible Infographics November 14, 2025

Our intern takes a look at what it takes to make infographics accessible--and learns a lot along the way.

Four Questions with Layla Maurer November 05, 2025

Meet the Library Futures Staff Attorney!

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Information Professionals September 24, 2025

The AI and libraries series you've been waiting for.

The Future is Digital, Local, and Read All Over: Visions for Library-Newsroom Collaboration September 15, 2025

How can libraries, journalists, and newsrooms collaborate to create the future of local digital news?

Tracking Digital Censorship September 15, 2025

Help Library Futures in our ongoing attempts to track digital content suppression.

My Consumer Autobiography: Reflections on a Year of Digital Reading August 21, 2025

AJ Boston breaks down the 34 mostly-digital books he read in 2024 with discussion of the books themselves and observations from borrowing or buying them.

Fight for Your Right to Digitize with New Zine August 13, 2025

How the law might help libraries lend digital materials in novel ways.