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Now is the time to take stock of progress on library priorities, particularly federal funding and the upcoming budget ...
Academy Award–winning actor Geena Davis wrote and illustrated The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page because she was “a tall ...
Since President Trump retook office on January 20, libraries and librarianship have been assaulted via executive orders and other actions.
2025 Youth Media Award winners announced—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards.
Into the Future United Virtual focuses on the advocate’s role in defending intellectual freedom, raising funds, and sustaining libraries January 2, 2025 ...
The first round of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities grants supported 240 small and rural libraries, ...
ALA Releases Preliminary Data on 2024 Book Challenges September 23, 2024 Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) tracked 414 attempts to censor library ...
American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and those who have defended the right to read.
The 2024 Library Design Showcase celebrates new and renovated libraries and administrative facilities throughout North America.
American Libraries spoke with professionals at public, school, and academic libraries using, and innovating with, artificial intelligence.
ALA announced the recipients of its 2024 Youth Media Awards at its LibLearnX conference in Baltimore on January 22.