The American Library Association condemns the March 17, 2026, passage of H.R. 7661 by the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

The award was announced today by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in ...

CHICAGO – North Carolina School Library Media Association is the recipient of the 2026 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant. Sponsored by Bloomsbury, the $1,750 ...

The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) launched significant updates to tools to help library workers, advocates and the public combat book banning and to stay ...

The Public Library Association (PLA) is pleased to announce that Chef Sean Sherman will deliver the closing keynote at the PLA 2026 Conference. The Closing Session will take place Friday, April 3, ...

I am currently reading The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King. I am unfortunately too young to have grown up with Mister Rogers, but when I moved to Pittsburgh years ago, ...

Official members of this section committee are automatically added to the committee’s Connect space and subscribed to the email list. You can post to the list by sending an email to ...

ALA, its Divisions, Round Tables and Affiliates host many conferences, and in-person and online events to showcase cutting-edge developments in library advocacy, information literacy, and other areas ...

As the House of Representatives began taking requests for federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 spending, the American Library Association (ALA) launched its annual Fund Libraries ...

The American Library Association (ALA), in partnership with Simple Mobile and World Education, is proud to announce the five winners of the Connected Communities: Mobile Literacy in Action grant.

Library funding is under threat. Find out how you can show up for libraries: ala.org/showup.

CHICAGO - Following news that a group of American Library Association (ALA) employees has announced plans to organize a union with AFSCME Council 31 under the name American Library Association Workers ...