Amid continued threats to library funding and attacks on the freedom to read, library workers gathered June 26-30 in ...

This committee selects the winner of the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award, which is intended to help defray costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference.

This award, established in Mildred L. Batchelder's honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally ...

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and ...

The Stonewall Book Awards are presented to English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience. The awards, which consist of a commemorative plaque and a cash ...

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 Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Dr. Katherine Schneider ...

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The ALA Mission: To provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and to ...

Each entry includes contact information, program name, date through which it is accredited, and distance education opportunities. You can search by state/province, distance education options, degree ...

CHICAGO – During the 2025 ALA Annual Conference, held June 26–30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Becky Calzada awarded her Presidential ...

The 2025 Día booklists - in English & Spanish! - provide engaging stories representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds to share with children from birth through 8th grade. #diatogether #bookjoy ...