The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) sponsors the biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award. The award, named in honor of a library historian ...

In addition to these candidates standing for president, there are four additional candidates standing for two PLA directors-at-large positions. Information about all PLA candidates is available on the ...

Festivities kicked off Friday with the ALA Gives Back community initiative where attendees volunteered at the Burton Barr Central Library assembling seed packets for the seed library. Later, the ALA ...

Advise the Center on emerging trends affecting libraries as well as meaningful and important innovations and activities happening within the profession; Identify, analyze, and share information ...

CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) has announced an extension for nominations for the Beta Phi Mu Award, one of ...

Erin Entrada Kelly, author of “The First State of Being,” and Rebecca Lee Kunz, illustrator of “Chooch Helped,” are the 2025 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most ...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...

Author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Mark Teagueare the 2025 recipients of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for “Vacation” ...

Producer Fuzzytown Productions and Spiffy Pictures is the 2025 recipient of the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media ...

Yonder, an imprint of Restless Books for Young Readers, is the winner of the 2025 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for “John the ...

Marcelo Verdad, ilustrador de “The Dream Catcher”; Karla Arenas Valenti, autora de “Lola”; y Carolina Ixta, autora de “Shut ...

Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award honoring an author or illustrator, ...