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ALA invites education programs and posters for the ALA 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 25–29, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois—a milestone event marking ALA’s 150th Anniversary.
Shamika Jamalia Simpson, Professor and Collection Development and Outreach Librarian at Long Beach City College, is the recipient of the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and ...
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded six students the Bound to Stay Bound and Melcher Scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year.
The E-rate program has played a pivotal role in helping libraries connect their users to the internet. Today, virtually all of our nation's libraries offer internet access to the public. This is ...
Explore how artificial intelligence can revolutionize libraries by enhancing accessibility, streamlining operations, and fostering community connections. This study aims to investigate the alignment ...
Participate in this free webinar to learn about the results from the 2024 Public Library Staff Survey. These results include key information on library staff roles and representat ...
By Alfred Kagan, African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign(1) ...
Understand how awarded grants can be used to attract new partners and funding; and Understand best practices for sustaining grant-funded programs and services. This free event is intended for all ...
ALA engages in promoting the public's right-to-know information created and collected by or for the federal government. The challenges to right-to-know impact public access to records of the federal ...
I am currently re-reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. As my kids begin encountering the same texts I read in high school and college, revisiting these works with a new generation has ...
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to share the All Nations LibGuide is now available on the ALA Library Resource page.
The Nominating Committee for the American Library Association election is seeking nominees for the positions of ALA president-elect and councilor-at-large on the 2026 spring ballot.