Learn how San Francisco Public Library partnered with hoopla Digital to bring e-books/media to people in the county’s jails.

The American Library Association has unveiled a new multi-year strategic plan aimed at strengthening libraries, growing the ...

ALA’s new Strategic Plan is a bold, forward-looking roadmap designed to strengthen our organization, expand opportunities, help prioritize our work, and ensure our continued leadership in the library ...

The Spectrum Scholarship Program actively recruits and provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, and/or ...

Ballard has chosen to forgo the monetary award and associated benefits in order to honor the “little lamps” that lit her path by paying it forward—extending AASL National Conference registration to ...

The American Library Association is sending a delegation to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on ...

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 ...

In response to the alarming increase in acts of aggression toward library workers and patrons as reported by press across the country, the American Library Association Executive Board released the ...

The American Library Association (ALA) has selected Daniel J. Montgomery as its next executive director. He will replace Interim Executive Director Leslie Burger.

CHICAGO — Dr. Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, will be in conversation with Kwame Alexander, Emmy Award winner and New York Times besting selling author, at the 2025 ALA Annual Conference & ...

A federal judge has declined to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The ruling, issued today in ALA v. Sonderling, will allow the ...