The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books Week will take place October 5 – 11, 2025.

The elimination of federal funding for public libraries will be felt in every community across the country, and particularly in rural areas.

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.

Larry Neal, library director of Clinton-Macomb Public Library in Michigan, has been elected treasurer of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2025–2028.

Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been elected 2025-2026 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA).

Applications are now being accepted for two (2) ALA Endowment Trustee positions, who will serve a three-year term. All applicants will be required to submit an electronic application, as well as upload a CV and three references.

Public Libraries, the official magazine of the Public Library Association (PLA), is pleased to announce the recipients of the Feature Article Contest for articles published in the 2024 volume year.

This morning, several states received written notification from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Acting Director Keith Sonderling that their IMLS grants were cancelled.

Today, the American Library Association (ALA) issued the following statement upon news that all staff at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were placed on administrative leave for an unknown length of time

Janet Hyunju Clarke, the associate dean of research and learning at the Stony Brook University Libraries, New York, has been awarded the ALA Medal of Excellence Award.

American Library Association and Unite Against Book Bans invite the community to participate in Right to Read Day, taking place April 7, the Monday of National Library Week.

The American Library Association (ALA) announced today that Lisa Varga will become the associate executive director of ALA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office in Washington D.C.

As the organizations that collectively represent public libraries in the United States, the Association for Rural & Small Libraries, the Public Library Association, and the Urban Libraries Council oppose the Executive Order

Applications are now being accepted for two (2) ALA Endowment Trustee positions, who will serve a three-year term. All applicants will be required to submit an electronic application, as well as upload a CV and three references.

The American Library Association, in partnership with Gallup, released a new study highlighting areas of growth for improving diversity across the library field.

The American Library Association (ALA) is set to confer an honorary lifetime membership upon publishing executive and library advocate Skip Dye for his longstanding support to America’s libraries and to intellectual freedom.