Press Releases

Feb 07: ALA's Rainbow Round Table releases Top 10 List

CHICAGO - The Over the Rainbow Committee of ALA’s Rainbow Round Table considered more than 400 books across all genres, including memoir, history, true crime, mystery, romance, fiction, poetryand more. The final 10...

Feb 07: American Library Association Council elects three members to Executive Board for 2024-2027 term

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Council has elected Nick Buron, Peter Coyl and Dr. Corinthia Price to serve on the ALA Executive Board. Elected board members will begin a three-year term in July 2024 and conclude in June 2027.

Nick Buron is the chief librarian at Queens...

Feb 06: ALA Announces Recipients of the 2024 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant

The American Library Association is pleased to announce the selection of five recipients of the 2024 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Established in 2022, the grants are intended to support ALA’s work of advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the library field.

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Feb 05: American Library Association Updates Core Values 

CHICAGO – The American Library Association Council approved five new Core Values that focus on access, equity, intellectual freedom and privacy, the public good, and sustainability. ALA overwhelmingly approved the new Core...

Feb 05: American Library Association Opposes Proposed Georgia Legislation 

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) strongly opposes the proposed Georgia legislation that would prohibit the expenditure of public funds and private donations on services, materials, or operations provided by ALA.  

Contrary to the claims made by proponents of this...

Feb 05: PLA announces candidates for 2024 Board Election

CHICAGO —  The Public Library Association (PLA) 2024 Nominating Committee has unveiled the slate of candidates for the Association’s ...

Feb 05: PLA opens registration for 2024 Virtual Conference

CHICAGO — Today, the Public Library Association (PLA) announced that registration is open for the PLA 2024 Virtual Conference. Offered as an alternative opportunity for public library workers unable to attend the...

Feb 05: “Hijab Butch Blues” wins 2024 Stonewall Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award

CHICAGO – “Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir,” by Lamya H and published by The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House is the 2024 recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award. The awards were announced by the American Library Association...

Feb 05: “Freedom House” wins 2024 Stonewall Barbara Gittings Literature Award

CHICAGO – “Freedom House” by KB Brookins and published by Deep Vellum is the 2024 recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Barbara Gittings Literature Award. The awards were announced by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Stonewall Book Awards during a virtual announcement.

The...

Feb 05: ALA Medal of Excellence Call for Nominations Extension

CHICAGO — Every year the American Library Association honors a creative leader in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship with the ALA Medal of Excellence.  The award consists of $2,000, bronzed medal and a 24k gold-framed...

Feb 05: Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship Deadline Extension

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) is extending nominations for the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. The Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship was established in 2004 and recognizes an individual who has contributed significantly to the public recognition and...

Feb 05: Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award Call for Nominations Extended

CHICAGO - The American Library Association  is currently extending nominations through...

Feb 05: ALA's Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children Deadline Extended

CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the ALA’s Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children is being extended to March 1, 2024.

This award honors an individual who has shown exceptional understanding and support of public library...

Feb 05: Scholastic Library Award Nominations Deadline Extended

CHICAGO — The 2024 application process for the ALA’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award is open and extending nominations until March 1, 2024.

This award honors a librarian whose "unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young people" exemplifies...

Feb 05: Nominations EXTENDED for 2024 ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award

ALA is currently extending nomination  through March 1, 2024 for the ALA/ Information Today Library of the...

Feb 05: Beta Phi Mu Award Call for Nomination Extended

CHICAGO — The American Library Association is currently extending nominations through March 1, 2024 for the Beta Phi Mu Award.

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Feb 05: Lemony Snicket Award Nominations 2024 deadline extended

CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a challenged book like Maus, responding to collection and building damage after hurricanes and fires, remaining open as a safe space during civil unrest, or fighting to provide services on a limited budget.

If you...

Feb 05: EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award Nomination Deadline Extended

The American Library Association is currently extending accepting nominations through  March 1, 2024, for the EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award. This is awarded to a library organization for a program to further its staff development goals and objectives...

Feb 01: K-12 school librarians invited to apply for $5,000 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

CHICAGO — School librarians are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through twelfth grade, the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office announced. Previously for school libraries serving grades K-8, this year’s...

Jan 31: American Library Association launches national search for executive director 

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) announces that it has opened its search for an executive director in partnership with Isaacson, Miller, corporate executive search firm. The search will be led by a steering...

Jan 31: Project Outcome for Academic Libraries releases 2023 report

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce the publication of the fiscal year 2023 report for the Project Outcome for Academic Libraries toolkit. Data in this report includes all immediate and follow-up...

Jan 30: Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Asking for Help in a Helping Profession

CHICAGO—Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Asking for Help in a Helping Profession" on February 28, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. In our work as librarians we encourage all library patrons to ask for help. Librarianship is the profession of “Ask Us” and “Get Help Here” but are we applying that...

Jan 29: Thousands of library professionals gather for education and inspiration at American Library Association’s LibLearnX conference in Baltimore

Event empowers participants to continue working to make libraries strong and vital, in the midst of book-banning threats and controversies

CHICAGO (Jan. 29, 2024) — Thousands of library professionals gathered Jan. 19 to 22 in Baltimore...

Jan 29: February 2024 Online Learning with RUSA

CHICAGO- The American Library Association- Reference and User Services Division (RUSA), continues to offer an outstanding combination of repeat and new courses/webinars. Check out our list of upcoming programming below:

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Jan 29: ALA, FINRA Foundation Select 300 Public Libraries Nationwide to Receive Children’s Financial Education Kits

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation have announced 300 public libraries that will receive a Thinking Money for Kids Program Kit, a...

Jan 25: American Library Association to receive lifetime achievement award from National Book Critics Circle

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) has been selected to receive the prestigious Toni Morrison Achievement Award from the National...

Jan 25: PLA announces 2024 conference scholarship winners

CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) is awarding 115 scholarships for public library professionals and students to attend the PLA 2024 Conference, taking place April 3-5 in Columbus, Ohio. Of this total...

Jan 25: Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Using Critical Reflection to Navigate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issues

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Using Critical Reflection to Navigate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issues" on February 27, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Over the last several years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become critical issues for the library community....

Jan 25: New from ACRL - “Empathy by Design: Empathy-Driven Marketing for Libraries”

CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Empathy by Design: Empathy-Driven Marketing for Libraries” by Sabine Jean Dantus, offering step-by-...

Jan 24: Nominations Open for 2024 IFRT John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award

CHICAGO — The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is accepting nominations for the 2024 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award, which honors notable contributions to intellectual freedom and demonstrations of personal...