The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Christa Bell as the recipient of this year's Joann Sweetland ...

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Council has elected Lesliediana Jones and Shauntee Burns-Simpson to serve on the ALA Executive Board. Elected board members will begin a three-year ...

The Public Library Association (PLA) will set the stage for the largest public library conference in the world with Hot Takes and a Conference 101 session to orient and connect more than 5,000 ...

The SustainRT New Voices in Sustainability Conference Stipend recognizes the importance of social equity to SustainRT and ALA and supports new and diverse members in overcoming barriers to ...

Core Webinars are held in Zoom. Speakers or a headset for listening to the presentation are required. You may interact with the presenter and ask questions through text-based chat. Closed captioning ...

Free and available exclusively to ALA individual members! Learn how different communities are approaching staff training and handling interactions when ICE enters a public library.

To find out about more great digital media for children, visit the page for ALSC's Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award. This list represents the titles selected by the 2024 committee.

The STAR_Net STEAM Equity Project will help public library workers in small and rural communities offer outstanding, culturally responsive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) ...

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the ...

The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table announce ‘Tongues,’ ‘Insectopolis’ and ‘The Night Eaters’ win the inaugural Outstanding Comics for Adults Awards ...

The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table announce ‘The Boy Wonder,’ ‘Raised by Ghosts’ and ‘Teen Titans’ win the inaugural Outstanding Comics for Young Adults Awards ...

The American Library Association praised the Prison Libraries Act, introduced today by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5), along with co-leads Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), and Rep. Valerie Foushee ...