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The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association has named Eric C. Novotny as the recipient of the 2025 ...

The international library community has been sending its support to the U.S. library community and ALA during these challenging times. And in opposition to recent the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden as the ...

ALA welcomed the return of Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staff to work and the reinstatement of some IMLS grants, which had been terminated following President Trump’s March 14 ...

Library funding is under threat. Find out how you can show up for libraries: ala.org/showup.

The EBSCO/ ALA Conference Sponsorship Award has been awarded to the following librarians to receive the 2025 EBSCO Conference Sponsorship. This award reimburses $1,000 of actual expenses to attend ALA ...

The American Library Association (ALA) raised alarm over the Trump Administration’s cancellation of the Digital Equity Act grant program as of May 9.

ALA welcomed the May 13 preliminary injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, in a lawsuit brought by 21 states’ attorneys general for unlawful actions taken to ...

Washington -- American Library Association (ALA) President Cindy Hohl released the following statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress: "As the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Library Association (ALA) launched its annual #FundLibraries campaign, calling on advocates in every congressional district to urge their Congressmembers to ...

Public libraries are essential infrastructure in every American community, and that especially is so during times of economic uncertainty. The elimination of federal funding for public libraries will ...

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