Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR)
2027 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant Application Now Open
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2027 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. The grant will provide financial support to five (5) Black/African American youth or teen services...
ALA 2027 Scholarship Application Now Open
If you need financial assistance to help fund your graduate education, scholarship opportunities are now available through the American Library Association (ALA). More than $300,000 in scholarship funding is available to students pursuing master’s degrees...
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...
ALA Announces Recipients of the 2026 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellows Grant
The American Library Association (ALA) has selected three recipients as the 2026 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellows. The recipients will receive a stipend totaling $2,500 to offset the cost of attending the 2026 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois...
ALA Announces Recipients of the 2026 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the selection of five recipients of the 2026 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Established in 2022, the grants are intended to support ALA’s work of advancing diversity, equity, and...
2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant Application Now Open
The American Library Association is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. The grant will cover the expenses of five (5) Black/African American youth or teen services...
ALA 2026 Scholarship Application Now Open
If you need financial help to get through your graduate program, scholarship funds are now available. The American Library Association (ALA) has more than $300,000 available to students who are studying in library science or school library media programs...
Strength in Every Story: Empowering Women in Libraries Complimentary Webinar
In Celebration of Women’s History Month ─March─ the American Library Association’s (ALA) Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) will host a complimentary webinar entitled Strength in Every Story: Empowering Women in Libraries on March...
ALA Announces Recipients of the 2025 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant
The American Library Association is pleased to announce the selection of five recipients of the 2025 Jason Reynolds/Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Established in 2022, the grants are intended to support ALA’s work of advancing diversity, equity, and...
ALA-APA Salaries and Status of Library Workers Committee to Host Two Webinars
The ALA Allied Professional Association’s (ALA-APA) Salaries and Status of Library Workers (SSLW) committee invites you to join them for the following two sessions. The first, Empowering Library Workers: Navigating Unionization in Challenging Environments, will be held May 1st, 1:30 – 3:00pm (Central)/ 2:30 – 4:00pm (Eastern). The second, What Comes after Unionization: Effective Engagement with Library Workers, will be held on May 8th, 12:00pm-1:00pm (Central).
Nation to celebrate library workers’ contributions, April 9
On April 9, 2024, the nation will celebrate National Library Workers Day (NLWD), a time to recognize library staff for their contributions in transforming lives and communities. The ALA - Allied Professionals Association (ALA-APA) invites library advocates, patrons, and staff to show their support of our nation’s library workers by posting words of encouragement and appreciation for their local library stars at http://bit.ly/librarystar.
Recruiting to the Profession: The LIS Pipeline and How We Can Help Discussion to be Hosted by the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment Advisory Committee, April 24
The ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR) Advisory Committee invites you to join us for a discussion on recruitment to the library profession, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Central). Register now for this free...
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...
ACRL sponsors 2020 ALA Emerging Leaders
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and its sections are sponsoring nine members to participate in 2020 class of American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders. The program is designed to enable library staff and...
Meet AILA’s 2018 Emerging Leaders Group and Learn about the Tribal Libraries Directory

By: Rhiannon Sorrell, Instruction and Digital Services Librarian, Kinyaa'áanii Charlie Benally Library
PLA continues support of Emerging Leaders program through sponsorship of 2018 participants
CHICAGO -- The Public Library Association (PLA), a long-time supporter of the American Library Association's Emerging Leaders (EL) program, will sponsor the participation of two library professionals in the 2018 EL class. EL is a leadership development...
Author Elizabeth White to Present in ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Development Center
The ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Development Center will host author Elizabeth White on Sunday, June 25, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Elizabeth White, author of Fifty-five, Unemployed, and Faking Normal, will discuss the...
eCourse on Fundraising and Grantsmanship Starting
The ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR) is offering a six-week course on Fundraising and Grantsmanship. The online asynchronous sessions will be available on six sequential Mondays from March 6 – April 16, 2017. The course...