Governance Office
ALA Nominating Committee seeks ALA President elect, ALA Executive Board, & ALA Councilor at Large candidates
ALA Nominating Committee seeks ALA President elect, ALA Executive Board, & ALA Councilor at Large candidates
Virtual, Winter and Annual Conference Council Sessions
Council Documents for Winter, Annual Conference and other Virtual Council Sessions
Accepting Applications for the 2027 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellowship
The American Library Association (ALA) invites applications for the 2027 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellows Program. Visit the LAGW Fellows page for more information about the program and application process. Lois Ann Gregory-Wood worked at ALA for 50...
Virtual Finance Committee Annual Meeting
Finance Committee meetings are open to ALA members as observers, except when the committee convenes in closed session.
Virtual Finance Committee Spring Meeting
Finance Committee meetings are open to ALA members as observers, except when the committee convenes in closed session.
Virtual Finance Committee Winter Meeting
Finance Committee meetings are open to ALA members as observers, except when the committee convenes in closed session.
Virtual Finance Committee Fall Meeting
Finance Committee meetings are open to ALA members as observers, except when the committee convenes in closed session.
ALA Executive Board Session
Executive Board meetings are open to ALA members as observers, except when the Board convenes in closed session.
American Library Association Council Introduces Resolution to Establish Librarians’ and Library Workers’ Bill of Rights
The American Library Association (ALA) Council passed a resolution calling for the adoption and recognition of the Librarians’ and Library Workers’ Bill of Rights.
2026 Division Annual Reports to the ALA Council
ALA CD#28.1 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) ALA CD#28.2 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) ALA CD#28.3 Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) ALA CD#28.4 Core: Leadership Infrastructure, Futures (Core) ALA CD#28.5 Public Library Association (PLA) ALA CD#28.6 Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) ALA CD#28.7 Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) ALA CD#28.8 United for Libraries (UFL)
Nominations open for ALA honorary membership
Nominations open for ALA honorary membership
Lisa Wells honored with 2026 ALA Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship Award
CHICAGO — Lisa Wells, Executive Director of the Pioneer Library System (PLS) in Oklahoma, has been honored with the 2026 ALA Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
2026 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity Winner- Mary Anne Antonellis
CHICAGO - The 2026 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity is awarded to Mary Anne Antonellis, Director of the Shutesbury Public Library in Massachusetts.
2026 Beta Phi Mu Award Winner- Dr. Laura Saunders
Dr. Laura Saunders, Associate Dean and Professor of the Simmons University’s School of Library and Information Science in Boston and Director of the Simmons Center for Information Literacy has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Beta Phi Mu Award.
2026 W.Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award Winner- Robert Inman for the book "Villages"
CHICAGO — Villages by Robert Inman is the winner of the 2026 W.Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award “for excellence in military fiction.” The book was published by Livingston Press, an imprint of The University of West Alabama in 2025.
2026 ALA EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award Winner- Olympic Library Leadership Incubator
CHICAGO —The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce that the 2026 ALA EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award has been awarded to the Washington Library Association (WLA) for the Olympic Library Leadership Incubator (OLLI) program
2026 Scholastic Library Publishing Award Winner - Rachel G. Payne
CHICAGO — Rachel G. Payne has been named the 2026 winner of ALA’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award.
2026 Joseph W. Lippincott Award Winner - Sara Kelly Johns
CHICAGO — Sara Kelly Johns is the recipient of the 2026 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. This award is sponsored by Joseph W. Lippincott III and presented by the American Library Association (ALA) for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship.
2026 ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award Winner- Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Library
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Information Today Library of the Future Award Jury is delighted to announce that Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Library has been selected as the winner of the 2026 Library of the Future Award for its innovative AI2@CMU-Q program.
2026 Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession Winner
CHICAGO — Chelsea Foust won the 2026 Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession by the American Library Association.