Following the results of today’s vote to unionize American Library Association (ALA) employees, ALA Executive Director Dan Montgomery issued the following statement.

ALA and PLA have long led national advocacy efforts to advance balanced copyright policy and prevent unfair and anti-competitive practices that limit libraries’ ability to meet their users’ reading ...

CHICAGO- The American Association of School Librarians released the following statement in response to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the lower court’s injunctions of portions of ...

The 2026 Summer Reading Lists feature book titles and digital media options to keep children engaged in reading and exploring throughout the summer. Four lists are available for birth-preschool and ...

Celebrate Your Friends Group Oct. 18-24, 2026, during the 21st annual National Friends of Libraries Week!

Want to stay at the forefront of teens, learning and libraries? Subscribe to YALS, YALSA’s award-winning quarterly journal. YALS is complimentary with a membership in ALA and YALSA. Non-members in the ...

In June of 1954, ALSC presented a special award to Laura Ingalls Wilder for her lasting and substantial contribution to literature for children. Thereafter, the ALSC Board established an ongoing award ...

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 ...

During the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, 103 librarians (90 men and 13 women) responded to a call for a "Convention of Librarians" to be held October 4-6 at the Historical Society of ...

International Relations Round Table (IRRT) is pleased to announce that the BRIDGE: Building Relationship through International Dialogue & Global Exchange” project has been selected as the recipient of ...

Will’s Race for Home, written by Jewell Parker Rhodes and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The Library in the Woods, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, ...