Library funding is under threat. Find out how you can show up for libraries: ala.org/showup. Spanning age levels, adaptable ...

To find out about more great digital media for children, visit the page for ALSC's Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award. This list represents the titles selected by the 2024 committee.

The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is now ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

This September, we want to hear from YOU! Tell us: How do you library? Do you use your card for book clubs, movie nights, job hunting, storytimes, or something totally unique? Send us a short voice ...

With challenges to books at an all-time high, library staff, educators, and authors may be confronted with stressful and disheartening situations. Speaking out for banned and challenged books is vital ...

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 ...

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom provides confidential support during censorship challenges to library materials, services, and programs. Anyone can report censorship, even if they do not ...

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 ...