The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table announced María Emerson, assistant professor and student success librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as the ...

Books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others, frequently children, from difficult ideas and information. See Censorship and Challenges and Notable First Amendment Cases.

The Chicago area is located on ancestral lands of indigenous tribes, such as the Council of the Three Fires--comprised of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations--as well as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, ...

The Council of the American Library Association (ALA) bestows upon Robert Newlen, Honorary Membership. Honorary membership is the highest honor given by the Association. It is conferred upon a living ...

As a high school library media specialist, I have the good fortune to work with, and sometimes mold, young people. If I’m lucky, I discover what they do after graduation. Recently, one of my favorite ...

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Since June of 2014, Immigrant Heritage Month has given people across the United States an opportunity to annually explore their own heritage and celebrate the shared diversity that forms the unique ...

Visit the ALA Institutional Repository for earlier lists. If you are looking for Notable Children's Book lists before 1995: Currently, the ALSC office does not have the resources available to conduct ...

Across the country, in large and small communities, libraries are providing effective and replicable services and programs for adult learners. The specifics of how these programs are developed, ...

You can pursue a wide variety of career paths within library organizations. Depending on your interests and background, it is possible to plan your career from entry level to top level management.

The American Library Association (ALA), the voice of America's libraries, is the oldest, largest and most influential library association in the world. Its more than 50,000 members are primarily ...

A complete list of past winners of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1954-2017) and the Children's Literature Legacy Award (2018 and beyond), administered by the Association for Library Service to ...