UnknownGosart, UliaClair, SaraSwanson, AbbiePurnama, RadhityaRizal, EdwinAgustin, HerlinaErwina, WinaFatouh, AmrShehata, AhmedAlam, Md. JahangirAkhtar, RozifaMezbah-ul-Islam, MuhammadSubaveerapandiyan, A.Ayodeji Ajani, YusufAkin-Fakorede, Oluwaseun OmowumiAma-Abasi, Racheal DanielOnanuga, Ayotola OlubunmiAmaechi, Nkechi MargaretBiodun Ayegun, IbrahimBaba, Gombe AhmedOladokun, Bolaji DavidAbubakar, Sadiyade Leon, Lady Catherine R.Ali, IrhamniSikumbang, NelwatyFirstia, Regina LisaZahra, Siti FatimatuzIlafi, FredyHusna, AlfaPutra, Andika SetianaDharmawan, HartoyoKurniadi, AwanGumilar, Rizki A.Putri, AmaraHu, LiuRukspollmuang, ChanitaViseshsiri, PongsinOmar, Abbas MohamedMsoffe, GraceLoga, Edda TandiKumar, Vinit KumarKumar Kushwaha, AmanNigam, Abhishek ShekharBalaji, B PreedipKhan, Zafar ImamHider, PhilipCoe, MaryKhan, Zafar ImamPasha, Mahammad Gulam GhouseMoshi, Sevelina SelestineDulle, FrankwellTarimo, Ronard BernardSaha, ManishaAhmed, SM ZabedMerga, Margaret K.Hossain, ZakirIgbinovia, Magnus OsahonWicaksono, AriefBajari, AtwarDamayani, Ninis AgustiniKhadijah, Ute Lies SitiShahzad, KhurramMuhammad, TariqAhmmad, MukhtarIqbal, Abid2026-10-082026-10-082026-10-05https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/7452The October 2026 edition of IFLA Journal includes 19 articles focused on libraries’ responses to technological change, social challenges, and evolving community needs. Contributions include an essay that documents the impact of war on Ukrainian public librarians plus original research on artificial intelligence applications and equitable access through disability inclusion. Other articles address library anxiety, predatory publishing, and private reading spaces. Together, these contributions highlight opportunities and challenges in strengthening inclusive, ethical, and responsive library services across diverse contexts.engUK: Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, and only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (www.cla.co.uk/). US: Authorization to photocopy journal material may be obtained directly from SAGE Publications or through a licence from the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com/). Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to SAGE.https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/terms-of-useAcademic and research librariesArtificial intelligenceLibrariansLibrary managementPublic librariesLifelong learningLibrary publishingSerialsSage