"ALA stands with school and academic libraries, their dedicated library workers and the talented staff of the Education Department. Together with our partners in education, ALA will work to protect ...

The American Library Association (ALA) announced the six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ...

Reference and User Services Division (RUSA) Fall 2025 CE offerings are roaring with an outstanding combination of new webinars. Our list of upcoming programming below.

Longtime supporter of libraries, Cards Against Humanity (CAH), organized a creative way to support the American Library Association.

Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and author of Just Mercy, will deliver the opening keynote at the PLA 2026 Conference.

The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting nominations for the David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award.

This virtual event is for all types of library workers in reference, user services, adult readers advisory and collection development, resource sharing, genealogy and archives, business reference, and ...

On August 18, 2021, the American Library Association (ALA) Executive Board issued a statement opposing initiatives to censor information resources, curricula, and programs addressing racial injustice, ...

In 2024, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials and services. In those cases, 2,452 unique titles were challenged. Last year, ALA tracked 1,247 attempts ...

Libraries Transforming Communities seeks to strengthen libraries’ role as core community leaders and change agents. The initiative addresses a critical need within the library field by developing and ...

The American Library Association (ALA) affirms that Net Neutrality is essential to the promotion and practice of intellectual freedom and the free exercise of democracy. Net Neutrality is the ...

Official members of this section committee are automatically added to the committee’s Connect space and subscribed to the email list. You can post to the list by sending an email to ...