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New wave of bills targeting libraries is ‘a threat to our democracy,’ American Library Association warns

The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.

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Winners Announced: 2025 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 27 print winners and 27 electronic winners. Congratulations to those libraries! The PR Xchange Committee is charged...

Desiree Mallette is the 2025 recipient of the Paul Howard Award for Courage

The Paul Howard Award for Courage Jury is pleased to announce that Desiree Mallette is the 2025 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Paul Howard Award for Courage.

Kelvin Watson is the recipient of the ALA Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship

Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (Nev.), is the recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship.

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Erin Sniderman named the 2025 winner of ALA’s Ernest A. DiMattia Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession

Erin Sniderman has been named the 2025 winner of ALA’s Ernest A. DiMattia Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession.

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Dr. Emily D. Spunaugle selected as the 2025 Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award recipient

The 2025 Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award recipient is Dr. Emily D. Spunaugle for her dissertation, Printed for the Benefit: British Women’s Benevolent Publications in the Long Eighteenth Century.

ALA Information Today Library of the Future Award Jury Announces Columbus Metropolitan Library's AI Task Force for Adult Programming as Winner

The American Library Association (ALA) Information Today Library of the Future Award Jury is delighted to announce that Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Library of the Future Award.

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2025 American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) Distinguished Librarian Award

Shamika Jamalia Simpson, Professor and Collection Development and Outreach Librarian at Long Beach City College, has been named the recipient of the 2025 ALA EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award.

Sanford Berman recipient of SRRT's Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality

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.

Laura E. Helton's Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History selected as the winner of the Gleason Book Award in 2025

The Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award is presented every three years by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association to the best book published in English in the three preceding years in the field of library history.

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Jonathan Victor Baldoza selected as the 2025 LHRT Justin Winsor Award Winner

The American Library Association’s (ALA) Library History Roundtable (LHRT) Justin Winsor Award Committee is pleased to announce Jonathan Victor Baldozar as this year’s essay award.

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Shannon Bailey receives AASL Frances Henne Award

CHICAGO – Shannon Bailey, school librarian at Manchester High School in Midlothian, Virginia, is the recipient of the 2025 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Sponsored by Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, the $1,250 award...

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Botkin, Rogers receive 2025 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award

The Association for Library Service to Children has awarded the 2025 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award to Tess Botkin, Metropolitan (OK) Library System, and Alicia Rogers, Worcester (MA) Public Library.

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Adam L. Schiff Awarded 2025 Margaret Mann Citation

Adam L. Schiff has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Margaret Mann Citation, sponsored by OCLC and Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. Schiff is currently the Principal Cataloger at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle...

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“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...

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...