Today, the American Library Association (ALA) filed a friend of the court brief affirming the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) and one of its four programs, E-Rat ...

The Library Instruction Round Table announced that the 2025-2026 Innovation in Instruction Award will be presented to the ...

The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) is pleased to announce that Dr. Robbie Barber has been selected as the recipient of the 2025-2026 LIRT Librarian Recognition Award.

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 ...

United for Libraries Sample Library Policies United for Libraries/Thrift Books Friend Conference Grant United for Libraries and Penguin Random House Grant to Rural and Small Libraries Expand United ...

As part of the American Library Association’s 150th Anniversary, ALA Annual 2026 will bring together thousands of library professionals to celebrate our collective achievements and chart a bold course ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

In its 20th anniversary year, National Friends of Libraries Week ran from Sun., Oct. 19 to Sat., Oct. 25. This year saw waves of online engagement and acknowledgement of Friends groups from libraries ...