The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative shows how to transform your library into a literacy hub where kids learn to read.

State of America’s Libraries Report reveals 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025, marking the second-highest total on ...

Meet the 2026 summer reading lists from ALSC. Free to download and packed with book and digital media recommendations that appeal to young people (ages birth to 14), these lists will help keep ...

CHICAGO - The 2026 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity is awarded to Mary Anne Antonellis, Director of the Shutesbury Public Library in Massachusetts.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) seeks a dynamic group of school library practitioners, educators, and researchers to serve on the School Library Research (SLR) Editorial Board.

Despite growing pressure, library professionals and advocates stood strong for the freedom to read in 2024—continuing to ...

Join us at the ALA 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 25–June 29 in Chicago, for top-quality education and best practices; featured thought-leaders; and special programming for library ...

ACRL has given me a professional home where community college voices are not only welcomed but valued. Through my work as CJCLS Chair, I have seen firsthand how ACRL creates spaces for collaboration, ...

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Challenges to the content of books and other materials are a familiar experience for library staff. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has provided many resources to navigate such challenges on its ...

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"As the organized attempts to censor materials in libraries persist, we must continue to unite and protect the freedom to read and support our library workers especially at a time when our nation’s ...