The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the candidates running for 2026–2027 ALA presidency and ALA ...

In 2023, the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office launched the largest grant initiative in the Association’s ...

Instead of recruiting library workers who will thrive in adversity, let's build resilience into our organizations, says ...

Kerri Price returned to ALA as director of the Office for Accreditation in September. She introduces herself to members with ...

Twenty years later, American Libraries looks back at one of the most brazen and puzzling book heists in an academic library.

In response to the results of the 2024 US election, ALA vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in ...

Vernon Area Public Library District in Lincolnshire, Illinois, worked with municipal leaders to create a self-guided exhibit ...

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With a recent decrease in book censorship attempts, libraries should be heartened by efforts to dissuade the spread of misinformation.

Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government's political buttons collection has approximately 4,800 buttons and pins and 200 stickers.

Election news can be both overwhelming and insufficient—a veritable deluge of reports and opinion pieces, too focused on the issues of the hour, obscuring our understanding of the larger picture and ...