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Read the 2023 State of America's LIbraries Report

Record-breaking number of reported book challenges reported in 2022

ALA Press Releases

National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report 1 month ago

American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022 2 months ago

AASL’s Community of Scholars Presents Review of Research in School Library Research Journal 1 day ago

Intellectual Freedom Round Table announces 2023 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award 2 days ago

Sheila Michaels named YALSA’s 2023 MAE Award winner 2 days ago

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