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).

Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, was inaugurated ALA President for 2025-2026 on June 30 at the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

The members of the Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Blogging Team are: Coordinator, Jessica Lorentz Smith, Bend Senior High School, Bend, Oregon; Rachel Adams; Sarah Carnahan; Cathy ...

Welcome to the Sustainability Round Table Committee Spotlight feature! For the next few months, we'll be highlighting the various SustainRT committees here on the blog as a way to celebrate our ...

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.

Stories from communities from Anaconda, Mont., to Albany, N.Y., came to life today on the American Library Association’s (ALA) Show Up For Our Libraries interactive site map.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has announced that Finkelstein Memorial Library is the recipient of the 2025 ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved" ...

Investing in Prison Libraries: A Cost-Effective Path to Safer Communities and Second Chances, a new report by the American Library Association, explores the essential role of prison libraries in ...