The 2027 ALA Youth Media Awards public announcement will be held on Monday, January 25, beginning at 10 a.m. CT. The ...

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) is observing Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, under the theme “Let Books Be.

The American Library Association and American Association of School Librarians endorsed the bicameral Quality Educator Partnership Act (S.5549 / H.R.10530).

Davis has served as Library Director at four public library systems—Mount Vernon Public Library (NY), Edison Public Library ...

Evans has been actively involved in ALA throughout her career, beginning as a 2013 ALA Spectrum Scholar, an honor that helped shape her professional trajectory. Over the past decade, she has ...

Russell will be attending Queens College (New York). An annual scholarship consisting of $5,000 to a U.S./Canadian citizen or ...

Simuel holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from St. Augustine’s University, as well as a master’s in Information Science and a Master of Library Science from North Carolina ...

An annual scholarship consisting of $3,000 to a U.S./Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is pursuing an MLS in an ALA-accredited program.

CHICAGO - Due to a dramatic uptick in book challenges and outright removal of books from libraries, ALA's Executive Board and the Boards of Directors for all of ALA's eight divisions have released the ...

The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2026: “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” Banned Books Week will take ...

Voting is one of the greatest privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States. Yet, turnout in national elections is consistently lower than two-thirds of eligible voters.

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