WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the American Library Association (ALA) Public Policy & Advocacy (PPA) Office, in partnership with ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, announce a new initiative for proactive advocacy to combat book banning and censorship in America’s libraries. A cadre of the...
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Apr 05:
An essential handbook of the Dewey Decimal Classification System
CHICAGO — The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), used in 200,000 libraries across 140 countries, has entered a new age, primarily maintained today as a continuously revised electronic system rather than an occasionally updated set of print volumes. Its editors have added newly emerging topics...
Apr 05:
Libraries invited to apply for new Great Stories Club grant focused on teen science fiction titles
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply for “Imagining Tomorrow: Building Inclusive Futures.” This brand-new series in ALA’s Great Stories Club (GSC) will feature science...
Apr 04:
Nation to Celebrate Library Workers, April 25, 2023
Library staff play an invaluable role in supporting their communities. In both good times and times of challenge or crisis, library workers in all types of libraries serve millions of library users in need of free access to Wi-Fi, eBooks, accurate information, and digital social services. On...
Apr 04:
Travel Grants Available for First-Time AASL National Conference Attendees
CHICAGO — Thirty travel grants are available to school library professionals wishing to attend the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference for the first time. The $750 grants for first-time attendees of the conference are sponsored by Bound...
Mar 31:
Preservation Week® Webinar: Networking Strategies Improve Disaster Readiness
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Mar 31:
Preservation Week® Webinar: There When You Need Us: Crisis Collecting Support
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Mar 31:
A new readers’ advisory guide to romance
CHICAGO — "Happily ever after" and all it entails keeps millions of romance fiction readers devouring approximately 10,000 titles published in the genre annually. Whether they’re already a devotee or a newbie in urgent need of some orientation, library workers will find “...
Mar 30:
AASL seeks reviewers for 2023 National Conference
CHICAGO - The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is currently accepting applications for volunteers to participate in a blind review and scoring of proposals for the 2023 AASL National Conference to be held October 19-21 in Tampa, FL. To apply, please use the application form...
Mar 30:
Pediatric Public Health Initiative Director Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha named 2023 Preservation Week® Honorary Chair
CHICAGO–Preservation Week...
Mar 30:
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Kelly Yang to serve as 2023 National Library Week honorary chair
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) is thrilled to announce that award-winning and bestselling author Kelly Yang will serve as honorary chair of National Library Week, April 23-29, 2023.
“I am the product of amazing libraries and librarians, who saw me, supported me, and...
Mar 30:
“Global Human Rights Research Project” receives AASL Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice
CHICAGO – The “Global Human Rights Research Project” from Prospect Sierra School in El Cerrito, California, is the recipient of the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice Award. Sponsored by Penguin Random House,...
Mar 29:
Martha Alvarado Anderson selected as 2023 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellow
The American Library Association has selected ALA Member Martha Alvarado Anderson as the 2023 Lois Ann...
Mar 29:
Molly Dettmann receives AASL Frances Henne Award
CHICAGO – Molly Dettmann, teacher librarian at Norman North High School in Norman, Oklahoma, is the recipient of the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Sponsored by Libraries Unlimited, the $1,250 award recognizes a school...
Mar 28:
Charlotte Chung receives AASL Innovative Reading Grant
CHICAGO – Charlotte Chung, media specialist at Suncrest Elementary School in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the recipient of the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Innovative Reading Grant. Sponsored by Capstone, the $2,500 grant supports the planning and implementation of a...
Mar 27:
Deborah Anderson wins Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children
Chicago – Deborah Anderson has been selected to receive the 2023 Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children. This award, sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), annually recognizes an individual who has shown...
Mar 27:
Denise Neujahr wins the 2023 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity
CHICAGO – Denise Neujahr, Teen Youth Services Specialist for the Community Library Network in northern Idaho, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity. Daniel Handler, also known as Lemony Snicket, will present Neujahr with the...
Mar 27:
American Library Association Condemns Ongoing Threats Against Libraries
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) condemns—in the strongest terms possible—the violence, threats of violence and other acts of intimidation that are increasingly taking place in America’s libraries, including last week’s bomb threats to Hilton Central District Schools in New York...
Mar 27:
ACRL acquires Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL)
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has acquired the Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL), an online information literacy assessment instrument developed by Carrick Enterprises, Inc. Based on the 2017...
Mar 22:
American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022
Book Challenges Nearly Doubled From 2021 ...
Mar 22:
2023 RUSA Achievement Award Winners
CHICAGO- The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Achievement Awards Program honors the best in reference librarians and its many specialties. These awards recognize and honor the outstanding professional contributions and achievements of your RUSA peers.
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Mar 22:
RUSA Journal RUSQ set to relaunch in January 2024
CHICAGO- The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is delighted to announce that the formal work of relaunching the RUSA journal RUSQ has begun, and the next issue is scheduled to be published in January 2024.
The RUSQ journal has been on hiatus since the last issue,...
Mar 22:
Carnegie-Whitney Grant 2023 award winners
The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types of libraries in the United States.
The...
Mar 21:
Intellectual Freedom Round Table announces Emily J.M. Knox as the recipient of the 2023 Eli M. Oboler Award
CHICAGO - The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce Emily J.M. Knox, PhD, MSLIS as the recipient of the 2023 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award — which recognizes...
Mar 21:
AASL Opens Call For Knowledge Quest and School Library Research Editorial Board Members
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) seeks a dynamic group of school library professionals to serve on the Knowledge Quest (KQ) and School Library Research (SLR) Editorial Boards. These publications move the...
Mar 20:
Dr. Alexandra "Alex" Schultz named winner of the 2023 Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award
CHICAGO — The Library History Round Table (LHRT) is pleased to announce that this year’s Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award winner is Dr. Alexandra "Alex" Schultz for her dissertation, “Imagined Histories:...
Mar 20:
Amanda Jones receives AASL Intellectual Freedom Award
CHICAGO – Amanda Jones, school librarian and president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians, is the recipient of the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Intellectual Freedom Award. Established in 1982 and sponsored by ProQuest, the award...
Mar 17:
Revision of the Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Studies
The Committee on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces release of a proposed revision of the Standards...