The ALA Emerging Leaders team for United for Libraries is working on a project to help provide information and resources that will support Library Directors, Boards, Foundations, and Friends Groups in building and sustaining diverse boards and memberships. The group…
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ALA Graphics Gift Shop offering free shipping March 23-28
The ALA Graphics Gift Shop will be offering free standard shipping from March 23-28. Shop for “I Read Banned Books” t-shirts, totes, and other items, featuring National Library Week, the Public Library Association, Libraries=Strong Communities, and more. Purchases from the…
Celebrate the freedom to read during National Library Week, April 3-9
The freedom to read is essential to holding together the fabric of our democracy. Our nation’s libraries are on the front lines, protecting that freedom in the face of threats from groups that would remove or limit access to reading…
New collection ‘Uncommon Quotes for Library Lovers’ is a perfect volume for library Friends, Trustees, donors, and volunteers
ALA Editions recently published Uncommon Quotes for Library Lovers, a new collection of diverse and contemporary quotes that celebrate librarianship, libraries, and reading by writers and entertainers such as Celeste Ng, Ziggy Marley, Junot Diaz, Azar Nafisi, Stephen Colbert, and…
PLA to host March 4 townhall on “Facing the Challenge: Intellectual Freedom in Libraries”
As libraries continue confronting unprecedented attacks on the freedom to read, the Public Library Association (PLA) will offer a virtual townhall event, Facing the Challenge: Intellectual Freedom in Libraries, on Friday, March 4, at 2 p.m. Eastern During this free…