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American Association of School Librarians

AASL Issues Statement on Injunction of Senate File 496

CHICAGO- The American Association of School Librarians released the following statement in response to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the lower court’s injunctions of portions of Senate File 496, an Iowa law that requires library...

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Leading Public Library Groups Call for E-book Action

Organizations representing the vast majority of North American public libraries today released a joint statement calling for change in licensing for digital content.

Rainbow Round Table Announces Recipient of the 2026 Harlequin Trade Publishing (HTP) Books & RRT Conference Travel Grant

The American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table (RRT) is excited to announce Em Dickson as the winner of the 2026 HTP Books & RRT Conference Travel Grant.

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures

Winners Announced: 2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition

The Core PR Xchange Committee is delighted to announce the winners of this year's PR Xchange Awards Competition. This year, we have awarded 28 print winners and 26 electronic winners. Congratulations to those libraries! The PR Xchange Committee is charged...

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ALA International Relations Round Table Announces 2026 Mission Enhancement Grant Recipient

The American Library Association’s (ALA) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) is pleased to announce that the BRIDGE: Building Relationship through International Dialogue & Global Exchange” project has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant.

New from ACRL - Integrating Academic Libraries When Institutions Merge

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of " Integrating Academic Libraries When Institutions Merge," edited by Scott R. DiMarco, Lisandra R. Carmichael, and Courtney Heatley, offering ways to turn an...

AASL Best Digital Tools 2026

AASL Announces 2026 Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning

CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released its annual list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning. The Best Digital Tools provide opportunities for school librarians to enhance learning, engage learners, and...

ALSC Professional Awards: Excellence, Innovation, Recognition

Bischof, Ghosh receive Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award

The Association for Library Service to Children has awarded the 2026 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award to Sam Bischof, Lake Region (ND) Public Library; and Aparajita Ghosh, Broward County (FL) Library.

Intellectual Freedom Round Table. 2026 Intellectual Freedom Awards. Gerald Hodges Chapter Relations Award: PLDAA, Public Library Directors Association of Alabama. John Phillip Immorth Memorial Award: Deborah Caldwell-Stone. Eli. M Oboler Memeroail Award: Paul T. Jaeger

ALA Announces 2026 Recipients of Celebrated Library Intellectual Freedom Awards

The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the Public Library Directors Association of Alabama as the recipient of the 2026 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award...

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University of North Texas Libraries (Denton, TX) and Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD) selected as 2026 recipients of the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries

The American Library Association’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries. These grants, funded by the Will and Ann...

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Apply for the 2026-27 cohort of the Yiddish Book Center’s Public Libraries Program: Host reading groups on religion, assimilation, identity and immigration

CHICAGO — Join public library workers from around the country at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, to explore how Yiddish literature can provide a springboard for powerful conversations about religion, assimilation, identity, and...

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ALA’s EMIERT Announces María Emerson as Winner of the 2026 David Cohen Multicultural Award; Opens Nominations for 2028 Cycle

The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table announced María Emerson, assistant professor and student success librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2026 David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award.

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A punk rock guide to thinking critically

CHICAGO — “ Thinking Critically About What Matters: A Punk Rock Guide,” published by ALA Editions, lays out an original perspective on critical thinking, defined as the values-based decision-making process of (i) making up our own minds about what matters...

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Nominations open for ALA honorary membership

Nominations open for ALA honorary membership

Congratulations to the 2026 Core Career LIFT Award Recipients!

CHICAGO-- Congratulations to the 2026 recipients of the Core Career LIFT Award. The recipients are: Irina Stanishevskaya LIFT Award Sponsored by OCLC Irina is an Associate Professor, Head of the Collection Management Services, Metadata Librarian for...