The seventh draft of “Librarianship and Traditional Cultural Expressions: Nurturing Understanding and Respect” is available for review and comment. “The responsible management of traditional cultural ...

ALA invites you to attend National Day of Racial Healing 2025: Transforming Collective Communities with Mental Health ...

United for Libraries and Penguin Random House will award grants of $500 and $1,000 (totaling $25,000) to support libraries in need. Specifically, grant funds will assist Friends of Library groups with ...

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 recommends well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content for young readers. The bibliography is intended as a recommended ...

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 many other ...

The American Library Association extends our deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by and to those who have lost ...

The Children's Literature Legacy Award Selection Committee consists of the following five (5) members: Three (3) members to be elected every year from a slate of no fewer than six (6), a chairperson ...

This subcommittee is re-established at least a year ahead of the scheduled reauthorization of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), approximately every five years. Membership includes ...

The committee shall be responsible for soliciting articles, and preparing and distributing the Round Table's newsletter. The committee shall consist of the Editor, who shall serve as the chairperson, ...

The American Library Association (ALA) has provided $1.25 million in emergency relief grants to 34 libraries that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The presentation is focused on the responsibilities of Trustees in ensuring that their libraries are truly welcoming to all of their communities - now and into the future.

What do we mean by diversity? After compiling the list of the 2015 Top Ten Challenged Books, the staff at the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) noticed that once again, a high percentage of the ...