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

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

ALA, its Divisions, Round Tables and Affiliates host many conferences, and in-person and online events to showcase cutting-edge developments in library advocacy, information literacy, and many other ...

The ALA Mission: To provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and to ...

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This award, established in Mildred L. Batchelder's honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally ...

CHICAGO – During the 2025 ALA Annual Conference, held June 26–30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Becky Calzada awarded her Presidential ...

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah ...

The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. We, as individuals devoted to reading and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating ideas, wish to ...

The complete list of Coretta Scott King Book Award recipients.

The committee was formed in 2016 by combining the Student Reception Committee and the NMRT Awards Reception Committee. Major Responsibilities Plan, promote, and coordinate an Annual Reception at the ...

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Dr. Katherine Schneider ...