Booklist Reader is celebrating its first publication anniversary by launching a new print option for subscribers, starting January 2023. Booklist Reader offers diverse readers’ advisory recommendations for library patrons of all ages. After its successful first year as a digital-only…
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United for Libraries to host weekly office hours Thursdays at noon Eastern
Need one-on-one assistance with your United for Libraries membership? Would you like to find out more about a specific topic related to your Board of Trustees, Friends group, or Foundation? United for Libraries is hosting weekly “office hours” for United…
Get ready for Banned Books Week, Sept. 18-24, 2022
Banned Books Week, held Sept. 18-24, 2022, celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. Boards of Trustees, Friends of the Library groups, and library Foundations can get involved by…
Sign up your library to participate in National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 20
ALA is pleased to be a premier partner of National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), which takes place Sept. 20, and encourages libraries to sign up to participate. Celebrated every September, NVRD is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. On…
Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when ALA and libraries nationwide join together to remind parents, caregivers and students that signing up for a library card is the first step towards academic achievement and lifelong learning. Tony Award-winning…
Proposals for 2023 ALA Annual Conference due Sept. 16
ALA Conference Services will begin accepting program proposals on August 8, 2022, for the 2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition to take place in Chicago, IL on June 22-27, 2023. Once again, proposals will be accepted via one submission site…
I Love My Librarian Award nominations due Sept. 30
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. Nominations…
Beth Cottingham President of the Friends of the Spicewood (Texas) Community Library, receives United for Libraries Outstanding Friend Conference Grant sponsored by ThriftBooks
Beth Cottingham, President of the Friends of the Spicewood (Texas) Community Library, was the 2022 recipient United for Libraries Outstanding Friend Conference Grant sponsored by ThriftBooks. She received free registration to the ALA Annual Conference and $1000 for travel expenses.…
Susan McDermott receives 2022 ALA Trustee Citation
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library Board of Trustees member Susan McDermott was presented with this 2022 ALA Trustee Citation Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 24. Established in 1941 to recognize public library trustees for distinguished service to library development,…
Join United for Libraries for events and programs at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 23-28
United for Libraries is offering a FREE workshop preconference workshop during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. “The ABC’s of Preserving Intellectual Freedom: Anticipating, Bridging and Conversing: How to Help Protect Your Library” will be held on Friday, June…