ALA has announced a call for applications for the Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellows Program. The Fellows Program celebrates 50-year ALA employee Lois Ann Greogry-Wood and her leadership and accomplishments, as well as seeking to encourage understanding and participation in…
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Join a ‘Rally for the Right to Read,’ Oct. 5
Join Penguin Random House, Booklist, and Unite Against Book Bans for a special Banned Books Week event, Rally for the Right to Read. The event will premiere the video of Ibram X. Kendi’s motivating and moving speech from Rally for…
LeVar Burton to lead 2023 Banned Books Week (Oct. 1-7) as honorary chair
Beloved reading advocate, writer, and television and film star LeVar Burton is leading this year’s Banned Books Week, which takes place Oct. 1-7, 2023. Burton is the first actor to serve as honorary chair of Banned Books Week, an annual…
I Love My Librarian Award nominations due Sept. 30
The ALA invites library users nationwide to nominate their favorite librarians for the prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. The national award recognizes the outstanding public service contributions of librarians working in public, school, college, community college or university libraries.…
Responses to survey on Intellectual Freedom Manual due Sept. 30
The American Library Association last published the Intellectual Freedom Manual in 2021. Now the co-editors, Erin Berman and John Spears, are preparing for a new edition. They are seeking input from library staff, students, Trustees, educators, and anyone else who…
ALA announces Listening Sessions on revising Freedom to Read Statement
The Freedom to Read Statement is the best known of ALA’s documents supporting the principles of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights. The Intellectual Freedom Committee is conducting a review of the document. ALA members are…
Program proposals for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference due Sept. 18
ALA is accepting program proposals for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition to take place in San Diego June 27-July 2, 2024. United for Libraries is seeking proposals for library Trustees, Friends, Foundations and/or those who work with them…
Free shipping on National Friends of Libraries Week products Sept. 14-19
The ALA Graphics Spreadshirt Gift Shop will offer free standard shipping on all orders from Sept. 14-19. Stock up now for National Friends of Libraries Week—“Friend of my Library” and “National Friends of Libraries Week” products are available, including t-shirts,…
How do you library? Share during Library Card Sign-up Month for a chance to win
September is Library Card Sign-up Month! Show some love to your local library on social media by sharing how you make the most of your library card. Do you love the library’s summer reading program, storytime, or book club? Checking…
Emily Amick to speak at United for Libraries President’s Program ‘Fight Book Bans: Frame the Debate, Fill the Seats, and Create Connections’ at ALA Annual, June 25
Emily Amick (@EmilyInYourPhone) will be the featured speaker at the United for Libraries President’s Program at the 2023 ALA Annual Conference on Sun., June 25, 11 a.m., McCormick Place, W184bc. The program is titled Fight Book Bans: Frame the Debate,…