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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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San Francisco Public Library awarded $2 million to expand services for incarcerated individuals

A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support a collaboration between San Francisco Public Library and the American Library Association to encourage greater access to information and resources for people in jails and prisons nationwide. San...

Communities for Immunity

Communities for Immunity awards funding to 50 additional museums and libraries to advance vaccine confidence

Washington, DC, and Arlington, VA—A coalition of national museum and library associations today announced the recipients of the second round of funding for Communities for Immunity. Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...

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AASL partners with the Getting Better Foundation to share award-winning documentary

Rosemary Smith Managing Director Getting Better Foundation rosemary.smith@gettingbetterfoundation.org CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has partnered with the Getting Better Foundation (GBF) to share the award-winning...

Red and blue circle logo: National Voter Registration Day

ALA partners with NonProfit Vote for National Voter Registration Day

ALA urges libraries to register as partners The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce that it has again joined with NonProfit Vote as a premier partner for National Voter Registration Day 2021. ALA encourages libraries to sign up to...

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Profiles of innovative and successful grant proposals

CHICAGO — Grant money can make all the difference in developing new services, creating worldwide access to your unique collections, or enabling you to showcase awarded projects that advance your career. But competition for grants is as fierce as ever. To...

YALSA announces collaboration with IBM to bring focused career prep to diverse teens nationwide

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and IBM are collaborating to offer a series of skills-based trainings and webinars to their librarian network across the United States aimed at helping diverse teens gain access to key...

Sourcebooks and American Library Association collaborate on new series

Publishing partnership will feature wide-ranging selection of books and journals CHICAGO — Sourcebooks, a leading independent publisher based in Chicago, and the American Library Association’s (ALA) book publishing imprint, ALA Editions|ALA Neal-Schuman...

ALA partners with Humble Bundle to support ALA and the Freedom to Read Foundation

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) and Humble Bundle are teaming up to offer library supporters and advocates an opportunity to fund ALA initiatives supporting social justice and intellectual freedom, including the Spectrum Scholarship...

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SAA selects Millar's book "A Matter of Facts" for One Book, One Profession 2020/2021

CHICAGO — The Publications Board of Society of American Archivists (SAA) has selected for its 2020/2021 One Book, One Profession reading initiative " A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age," by Laura A. Millar. Her urgent manifesto...

10 people, including pueblo governors, stand with shovels in a desert to break ground on a new fiber optic network with a crane in the background

Tribal libraries, partners leverage federal E-rate to deliver high-speed connections to six pueblos, new ALA case study shows

Washington, DC – Built by E-Rate: A Case Study of Two Tribally-Owned Fiber Networks and the Role of Libraries in Making It Happen ( Full report; Executive summary), published today by the American Library Association (ALA), details tribal libraries’ role...

'Moana' star Auli’i Cravalho encourages families to be counted in the U.S. Census

CHICAGO—Actress Auli’i Cravalho, star of the animated Disney film "Moana" and Netflix’s upcoming "All Together Now," will remind families of the importance of completing the 2020 Census and counting their children in a read-along video premiering on...

Free December webinar will highlight Short Story Dispenser project

CHICAGO – Next month, the Public Library Association (PLA) will host a free webinar featuring the pilot participants in its Fostering Creative Community Connections (FCCC) initiative. PLA launched FCCC in 2017 to strengthen a culture of literacy and...

New publications detail public library responses to the opioid crisis

CHICAGO —The Public Library Association (PLA) and OCLC have released two new publications that demonstrate how public libraries are responding to the opioid crisis in their communities. In September 2018, the two organizations launched a collaborative...

Library Census Champions

United for Libraries invites Trustees to become Library Census Champions

Sign up by Oct. 1 to join launch webinar Today United for Libraries, the American Library Association (ALA) Public Policy and Advocacy office and the Census Counts campaign launched Library Census Champions, a new network of state, local and tribal...

Public Library Association launches 2020 health insurance enrollment project

Will offer funding for public libraries to connect consumers to coverage CHICAGO – After a successful first year in which 92 public libraries participated, the Public Library Association (PLA) is proud to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act...