Today, the American Library Association (ALA) launched its annual #FundLibraries campaign, calling on advocates in every congressional district to urge their Congressmembers to cosign letters of ...

Dealing with censorship challenges at your library or need to get prepared for them? Visit our Fight Censorship page for easy-to-access resources.

The Association for Library Service to Children has awarded the 2025 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award to Tess Botkin, Metropolitan (OK) Library System, and Alicia Rogers, Worcester (MA) ...

The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books Week will ...

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table's (CSKBART) Donation Grant was created to help build collections and bring books into the lives of children in preschool programs, faith-based reading ...

Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been elected 2025-2026 ...

The Newbery Award Selection Committee consists of 15 members: one chair and 6 members appointed from the ALSC membership at large, and 8 members elected by the ALSC membership, serving 2-year terms ...

The elimination of federal funding for public libraries will be felt in every community across the country, and particularly ...

This morning, several states received written notification from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Acting ...

Special thanks to the 2025 Nominating Committee, chaired by Dr. Maria McCauley, PLA Past President (2022–2023), for its ...

A minimum of five members (i.e. a chair, a vice-chair and three members). Ex-officio members include assessment licensed workshops presenter coordinator and Standards ...

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