The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books Week will ...

Dealing with censorship challenges at your library or need to get prepared for them? Visit our Fight Censorship page for easy-to-access resources.

This morning, several states received written notification from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Acting ...

The elimination of federal funding for public libraries will be felt in every community across the country, and particularly ...

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table's (CSKBART) Donation Grant was created to help build collections and bring books into the lives of children in preschool programs, faith-based reading ...

Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been elected 2025-2026 ...

Special thanks to the 2025 Nominating Committee, chaired by Dr. Maria McCauley, PLA Past President (2022–2023), for its ...

CHICAGO — Valerie Tagoe, Media Specialist, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas has been elected as YALSA’s 2025 ...

The Newbery Award Selection Committee consists of 15 members: one chair and 6 members appointed from the ALSC membership at large, and 8 members elected by the ALSC membership, serving 2-year terms ...

A minimum of five members (i.e. a chair, a vice-chair and three members). Ex-officio members include assessment licensed workshops presenter coordinator and Standards ...

Join our panel for an engaging discussion on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on public, academic, and special libraries.

Ariana Hussain, Teacher Librarian, The Blake School, Hopkins, Minnesota, has been elected vice president/president-elect of ...