Libraries Without Borders US

Information access is a justice issue. When children grow up without books at home, when oral histories go unrecorded, when families are systematically excluded from the resources that libraries provide—the consequences compound across generations. Across every community we serve, the common denominator is the same: poverty and structural racism create barriers that traditional programs were not designed to overcome.

Our programs address these gaps through two interconnected pathways: institutional partnerships that strengthen libraries’ capacity to reach excluded populations, and direct community programs that remove barriers to literacy, learning, and cultural preservation.

Working nationally, from urban centers to rural communities to tribal nations, our programs span early childhood literacy, digital literacy and inclusion, cultural heritage preservation, and library system transformation. From equipping Native youth to document their elders’ stories, to placing books in the hands of children experiencing homelessness, to building the first comprehensive directory of Puerto Rico’s libraries—each program is designed to reach families that traditional approaches miss, build lasting community capacity, and create replicable models that can scale.