No matter the physical size or budget, every library can play a role in supporting small businesses and promoting local economic vitality.

Children’s librarian and author Mychal Threets talks about falling in love with library service and his road to Reading Rainbow.

But in 2025, there were notable examples of voters, courts, and candidates across the country affirming the profession’s core ...

The American Library Association exists because of a shared desire for a professional community and coordinated advocacy.

5 Library Wins Worth Celebrating By Sallyann Price But in 2025, there were notable examples of voters, courts, and candidates across the country affirming the profession’s core values of intellectual ...

Courtney Fuson, incoming president of the Tennessee Library Association, and Max Prime, New York Library Association director of government relations and advocacy, speaking at the 2025 Chapter ...

The Chapter Advocacy Workshop provided training to help state library association leaders become library ambassadors.

Jacob Elrodi and Margot Robbie in the Wuthering Heights poster ...

Prior to 2023, each chapter onboarded incoming chapter leaders individually, supplemented by ALA advocacy training focused on topics, not roles. But in response to rising attacks on ...

After the Central Intelligence Agency , a new community-maintained successor has launched. : “OpenFactBook provides free, comprehensive, and accurate information about every country in the world. We ...

ALA is seeking volunteers for two ALA Endowment Trustee positions. Trustees serve a three-year term and are eligible to be reappointed for one additional three-year term. are due March 31; a is ...