ALA has announced a series of difficult but necessary workforce changes as part of its ongoing ALA Forward initiative.

Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor ...

Updates from around the world, including Singapore's pop-up Star Wars Library and the reopening of Johannesburg City Library ...

Here's how a few notable figures American Libraries covered have reflected on advocacy, diverse stories, and censorship-free ...

In this new online column, ALA Senior Endowment Trustee Brett Bonfield will update members about the ALA Endowment Fund ...

A National Coalition Against Censorship and Brooklyn Public Library workshop helps young people become intellectual freedom advocates.

Banned Books Week Youth Honorary Chair Iris Mogul discusses starting a book club and her work with the National Coalition ...

October 16, 2025 465 × 310 An Introduction to the EndowmentFrom the Trustees by Brett Bonfield ...

Across the board, the work of federal agencies, many of which directly or indirectly support libraries, has either been discontinued or altered. Although it is too soon to determine the overall impact ...