Today, ten cultural organizations, including the American Library Association (ALA), called on Congress to expand federal ...

The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association is pleased to announce the winner of the 2026 Donald G. Davis Article Award. The award is presented biannually to recognize the best ...

“Decent, but not too highbrow.” That’s how one volunteer described the kind of fiction he and his colleagues solicited from their Hibbing, Minnesota, neighbors for the second of three book collection ...

Carrie Banks wears a National Library Tour t-shirt for the ALA President’s Program.#alamw19 Credit: Courtesy ALA Workers at the American Library Association announced on March 2 that they are forming ...

Using its I Love Libraries website as a platform, the American Library Association has launched a public supporter program that will generate donations and keep library patrons apprised of the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Public Library Service has officially voted to not renew its membership with the American Library Association. The ALA is a librarian professional development ...

On October 4, 1876, much of Philadelphia still sported the red, white, and blue bunting that seemed to wrap the city when the nation’s Centennial Exhibition opened the previous May. The hum of ...

With the library world in turmoil as the Trump administration dismantles the federal agency responsible for providing grant funding to public libraries, the American Library Association is preparing ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books they considered harmful to youngsters, the local library ...

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, ANOTHER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK. THIS TIME, IT’S THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SUING THE ALA, SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF ...