Proposed FCC programs would fund hotspots and cybersecurity measures for libraries, schools
As policymakers turn their eyes toward new ways to provide high-speed internet...
Proposed FCC programs would fund hotspots and cybersecurity measures for libraries, schools
As policymakers turn their eyes toward new ways to provide high-speed internet...
ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is thrilled to introduce the 2023 Best Graphic...
ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is thrilled to announce the 2023 Best Graphic Novels for Adults (BGNA) Reading List. This reading list highlights the best graphic novels for...
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the addition of five new members to the...
Core is pleased to announce applications are open for the Career LIFT Award to support skill development and networking...
CHICAGO - The Spectrum Scholarship Program, which advances racial equity, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Through the Spectrum Scholarship Program, the American Library Association (ALA) new generations of racially and ethnically diverse...
CHICAGO — Published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, the new second edition of David Stuart’s “Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals” explores the many opportunities web metrics provide for measuring the...
Applications are open for the Core/OCLC Margaret Mann Citation, which recognizes outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or...
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...
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...
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.
...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...
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...
CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) 2024 Nominating Committee has unveiled the slate of candidates for the Association’s ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association is currently extending nominations through...
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...
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...
ALA is currently extending nomination through March 1, 2024 for the ALA/ Information Today Library of the...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association is currently extending nominations through March 1, 2024 for the Beta Phi Mu Award.
...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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...