Amid continued threats to library funding and attacks on the freedom to read, library workers gathered June 26-30 in ...

Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, was inaugurated ALA President for 2025-2026 on June 30 at the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

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

The American Library Association (ALA) applauded the Supreme Court 6-3 decision to uphold the Universal Service Fund (USF).

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 ...

Stories from communities from Anaconda, Mont., to Albany, N.Y., came to life today on the American Library Association’s (ALA) Show Up For Our Libraries interactive site map.

A Cost-Effective Path to Safer Communities and Second Chances, a new report by the American Library Association, explores the ...

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has announced that Finkelstein Memorial Library is the recipient of the 2025 ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved" ...

#ARSL2025 is the conference for rural and small libraries. It will take place Sept. 17-20, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year's conference theme is Libraries Rise!

Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced a new milestone in its decades-long partnership with the American Library Association (ALA).

What is Happening with YALSA After many years of effort by ALA and YALSA members, YALSA remains financially unsustainable, with 8 of the last 10 years running in an operational deficit. Consequently, ...

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) today announced $10,000 Building Library Capacity Grants to 16 libraries across the country to serve New Americans (immigrants and refugees). The ALA ...