The American Library Association (ALA) officially launched its 150th anniversary year, marking a century and a half of ...

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WASHINGTON — The American Library Association released the following statement in response to the December 8th decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to decline to review the Fifth Circuit ...

WASHINGTON – The American Library Association (ALA) and its division, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), welcomed yesterday’s bicameral reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by ...

Washington – Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants, including ...

WASHINGTON, DC – This week the White House announced new steps toward dismantling the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Key programs that support school and academic libraries, such as Innovative ...

CHICAGO – Today, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous ...

American Library Association, Interfaith Alliance and Unite Against Book Bans kick off “Faith for Libraries: Diverse Faith Communities Supporting Libraries and Librarians" with public webinar The ...

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has announced a series of difficult but necessary workforce changes as part of its ongoing ALA Forward initiative—a comprehensive effort to align the ...

Penguin Random House and United for Libraries today announced a 2026 grant program serving rural and small libraries across the country. Grants of $500 and $1,000 (totaling $25,000), will be awarded ...

The American Library Association (ALA), in collaboration with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI), is launching Resilient Communities: Advancing Sustainability in and through Libraries, a new ...