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Miriam Tuliao to run 18 miles for the Spectrum Scholarship Program
Miriam Tuliao has announced that she will run 18 miles on June 4th, 2025 for Global Running Day to raise funds for ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship Program. This is Tuliao's 18th consecutive year organizing an annual fundraiser for Spectrum.
The Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association has named Sanford (Sandy) Berman as the 2025 winner of the Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality.
John Oluwaseye Adebayo and Libby Anderson receive SRRT’s 2025 Conference Travel Grants
The Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association has named John Oluwaseye Adebayo and Libby Anderson as the 2025 winners of the SRRT Conference Travel Grants to attend the upcoming 2025 ALA Annual Conference.
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the third round of recipients of its Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant, an initiative to help small and rural libraries increase the...
American Library Association and Gallup release new diversity study
The American Library Association, in partnership with Gallup, released a new study highlighting areas of growth for improving diversity across the library field.
Jason Reynolds, Charles George ‘C.G.’ Esperanza win 2025 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Jason Reynolds, author of "Twenty-four Seconds from Now...” and C.G. Esperanza, illustrator of "My Daddy is a Cowboy,” are the winners of the 2025 Coretta Scott King Book Awards honoring African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults. Craig Kofi Farmer, author of "Kwame Crashes the Underworld,” and Jamiel Law, illustrator of "Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin,” are the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent winners.
Carolyn L. Garnes is the recipient of the 2025 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was announced today during the American Library Association’s LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience held January 24 – 27 in Phoenix.
‘Lunar Boy’ and ‘Canto Contigo’ win 2025 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Awards
“Lunar Boy,” by Jes and Cin Wibowo and published by HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;and “Canto Contigo,” by Jonny Garza Villa, published by Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group; are the 2025 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award.
2025 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named
The American Library Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Schneider Family Book Awards, which honor an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. The award winners were announced today during the ALA’s LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience held January 24 – 27 in Phoenix.
“DEED” by torrin a. greathouse and published by Wesleyan University Press, and “Some Strange Music Draws Me In” by Griffin Hansbury and published by W.W. Norton & Company are the 2025 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards – Barbara Gittings Poetry and Literature Awards, respectively.
'Sex with a Brain Injury' wins 2025 Stonewall Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award
“Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery” by Annie Liontas and published by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC is the 2025 recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award.
ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real
The American Library Association responds to the Department of Education's dismissal of complaints about censorship and discrimination: the "effort to terminate protections... advances the demonstrably false claim that book bans are not real."
Spectrum Scholarship Program announces Sponsorships for the 2024-2025 Scholarship Cohort
The American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services awarded Spectrum Scholarships to 70 exceptional MLIS in 2024, thanks to generous donations from sponsors, ALA groups, and community members.
Strategies for serving the underserved
CHICAGO — Underserved populations frequently do not have access to a library—or they may even be unaware that they have an information need. How can we as a profession effectively reach them? Geared to both graduate and undergraduate LIS students as well...
Award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will help libraries boost literacy skills in communities nationwide
