Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary restraining order to block the Trump ...

Mental Health Awareness Month was established to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans’ lives and to celebrate recovery from mental illness.

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah ...

The Caldecott Award Selection Committee consists of 15 members: one chair and 6 members appointed from the ALSC membership at large, and 8 members elected by the ALSC membership, serving 2-year terms ...

ALA encourages grantees who receive a termination notice to consider consult legal counsel and take specific steps within 30 ...

The Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association has named Sanford (Sandy) Berman as the ...

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Events are in chronological order. ALA's offices and divisions sponsor a variety of library promotions throughout the year that libraries of all types all across the country can get involved with to ...

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual ...

Dealing with censorship challenges at your library or need to get prepared for them? Visit our Fight Censorship page for easy ...

Stay updated on ALA's latest news, events, and initiatives in libraries nationwide. Your go-to source for library innovation and impact. The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that ...

The Children and Technology Committee, a virtual committee, consists of ten members appointed from the ALSC membership at large, serving 2-year terms and led by the two committee co-chairs, appointed ...