Our roundup of bookish presents is here to help reduce gift-shopping stress and bring some of the fun back to your holiday ...

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

Bill Ladewski became director of the American Library Association's Member Relations and Services unit in early September.

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Amy Katzenberger became director of the Development Office at the American Library Association in early September.

For Susan Brown, December 17, 2004, was a perfectly normal day—until she saw the elevator doors open. Brown, director of Transylvania University’s J. Douglas Gay Jr./Frances Carrick Thomas Library in ...

In 2023, the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office launched the largest grant initiative in the Association’s history—the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and ...

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

At Burlingame (Kans.) Community Library, sensory spaces and a new loanable resource collection are improving the lives of patrons with disabilities and their families. Meanwhile, at North Liberty ...

Adlesic is codirector and producer of The ABCs of Book Banning, a 2023 film that has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Short category. Sheila Nevins, famed documentarian and ...