The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to share the All Nations LibGuide is now available on the ALA Library Resource page.

The Nominating Committee for the American Library Association election is seeking nominees for the positions of ALA president-elect and councilor-at-large on the 2026 spring ballot.

CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded six students the Bound to Stay Bound and Melcher Scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year.

I am currently re-reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. As my kids begin encountering the same texts I read in high school and college, revisiting these works with a new generation has ...

By Alfred Kagan, African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign(1) ...

Currently I am reading The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful by Nicole A. Cooke and Aisha M. Johnson (editor). Graciously, I'm uncovering the distinctive skills, ...

Upcoming webinars from Core covering the areas of access and equity, assessment, buildings & operations, leadership & management, metadata & collections, and technology.

The Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)'s Afternoon of Social Justice is back and better than ever! Thank you for joining us for a FULL DAY of free, virtual programming as we look at the ...

The American Library Association has launched the ALA Learning Library, a member-exclusive collection of free professional development resources.

The American Library Association is pleased to announce that the ALA Council approved the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) as an affiliate.

Learn why computational thinking skills are important for young children, how to access free multimedia resources, and how they have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries.