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May 21, 2025
ALA welcomes IMLS staff return and select grant reinstatements, cautiously optimistic about national case
ALA welcomed the return of Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staff to work and the reinstatement of some IMLS grants, which had been terminated following President Trump’s March 14 Executive Order 14238.
May 15, 2025
ALA raises alarm over termination of Digital Equity Act grants
The American Library Association (ALA) raised alarm over the Trump Administration’s cancellation of the Digital Equity Act grant program as of May 9.
May 1, 2025
Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Federal Library Agency in ALA Lawsuit
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
April 7, 2025
American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services
American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services
April 7, 2025
American Library Association kicks off National Library Week with the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 and the State of America’s Libraries Report
The American Library Association (ALA) today released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List.
March 15, 2025
ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services
An executive order issued by the Trump administration on Friday night, March 14, calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the nation’s only federal agency for America’s libraries.
ALA in the News
The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.
“Cranford Dixie Giants” receives AASL Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice Award
CHICAGO – The “Cranford Dixie Giants” project from Cranford High School in Cranford, New Jersey, is the recipient of the 2025 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice Award. Sponsored by Penguin Random House...
Three Libraries Awarded ALA’s 2025 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant for Programs for Isolated Older Adults
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has awarded its 2025 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative ALA leader, to Falls City (Neb.) Library & Arts Center, Hartford (Mich) Public Library and Pottsboro...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ From Interrogation to Integration: Centering Social Justice in Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation,” edited by Kim Hoffman and Rachel Makarowski...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has awarded its sixth annual Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to Mountain Top Library (N.Y.) and Pottsboro (Texas) Library. The winning libraries will use the grant to create a collaborative...
Ariana Hussain Elected 2025-2026 ALSC Vice-President/President-Elect
Ariana Hussain, Teacher Librarian, The Blake School, Hopkins, Minnesota, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). She will begin her...
Inspire the Next Generation for Preservation Week 2025, April 27 - May 3
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures hosts Preservation Week from April 27 - May 3, 2025. The theme for Preservation Week 2025 is Preserve the Past, Shape the Future: Inspiring the Next Generation. The Preservation Outreach Committee...
IMLS Cuts Put America’s Public Libraries at Risk
The elimination of federal funding for public libraries will be felt in every community across the country, and particularly in rural areas.
2024 Preservation Week® Webinar: Historical Newspapers in Public Libraries
Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures hosts the free Preservation Week® webinar "Historical Newspapers in Public Libraries" on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Join in for discussion of digitization, preservation and access for local historical newspapers with the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Local History & Genealogy team.
Teresa Anderson named executive director of the Association of College and Research Libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) announced today that Teresa Anderson will become the executive director of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of ALA. Anderson begins her new role May 19.
AASL Opens Distinguished Service Award Nominations
CHICAGO — The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the esteemed AASL Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious honor recognizes an individual within the library profession who has...
Valerie Tagoe Elected YALSA President-Elect
Tagoe's three-year term as president-elect begins July of 2025
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Looking Beyond Your Digital Repository; Metadata for Storytelling
CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Looking Beyond Your Digital Repository; Metadata for Storytelling" on May 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. In recent years, the traditional use of digital collections simply as proxies for the physical has...
Core Announces 2025 Ballot Measure Outcomes
CHICAGO—Yesterday Core, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced the outcomes of four ballot measures. The first proposed amendment to Core Bylaws was to add the Diversity & Inclusion Committee as a committee of the Board and remove...
Alexia Hudson-Ward elected ACRL vice-president/president-elect
CHICAGO – Alexia Hudson-Ward, Associate Director of Research, Learning, and Strategic Partnerships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, has been elected ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect. Hudson-Ward will become President-Elect...
APRIL 8, 2025 | Penguin Random House and United for Libraries announced today, during National Library Week, the 51 recipients of a new grant program serving rural and small libraries across the country. The cash grants, totaling $25,000, are being...
