CHICAGO – During the 2025 ALA Annual Conference, held June 26–30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Becky Calzada awarded her Presidential ...

The American Library Association (ALA) has selected Daniel J. Montgomery as its next executive director. He will replace ...

Amid continued threats to library funding and attacks on the freedom to read, library workers gathered June 26-30 in ...

The American Library Association (ALA) applauded the Supreme Court 6-3 decision to uphold the Universal Service Fund (USF).

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Over the Rainbow Book List is a bibliography that reflects the LGBTQIA+ experience and is meant for general adult readers.

Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that addresses issues faced by new librarians. Endnotes accepts research and practitioner-based articles, and ...

Last updated June 29, 2025 As of May 9th, the Trump Administration canceled the Digital Equity Act grant programs. ALA is concerned regarding the abrupt end of the Digital Equity Act programs and is ...

Mitch Freedman, director of the Westchester Library System (WLS), becomes president of the Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) at the close of its Annual Conference in Atlanta on June 18.

Description: For decades we have discussed what the libraries of the future would be to have a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of those who work and visit. For decades we have forecasted ...

The mentoring committee's responsibility is to develop the mentoring program, which matches mentors with new members at the ALA Annual Conference. The committee is charges with exploring ways to use ...