A look back at the speakers and educational programs at ALA's 2026 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago.

Wikipedia might seem like a librarian’s nemesis, but the online encyclopedia, its community, and libraries are increasingly working together to provide free and open information to all. Wikipedia ...

From left: ALA Executive Director Dan Montgomery, ALA Past President Sam Helmick, OIF Executive Director Sarah Lamdan, and ALA President Maria McCauleyPhoto: EPNAC Sam Helmick recalls the first moment ...

Is your library in need of versatile storage solutions that expand possibilities for staff and patrons? Are you looking to attract more visitors by creating adaptable, sustainable, and purposefully ...

ALA Treasurer Larry Neal shared fiscal details about the Association and its future with Council during its June 29 meeting.

On January 27, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, ...

I’m an optimist by nature, a true believer that anything is possible and can be accomplished with ingenuity, creative problem solving, collaboration, and hard work. It was with that mindset that I ...

The year 2023 was another record-breaker for book bans. The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented 1,247 attempts to censor library books and other ...

Adena Jones, a CitySquare AmeriCorps volunteer with Dallas Public Library, assists a homeless patron during the annual Winter Backpack Challenge, part of the library’s Homeless Engagement and ...

In 1956, Abraham Maslow published a seminal paper on the influence our physical surroundings have on us. Participants viewed photographs of people’s faces and evaluated them based on different ...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests rose 11% in fiscal year 2018 over the previous year, and the agency has detained or arrested undocumented immigrants in homes, parking lots, ...

A woman using the card catalog at the main reading room of the Library of Congress, circa 1940. Photo: Library of Congress OCLC printed its last library catalog cards on October 1, 2015, ending an era ...