Tag: American Library Association

Campaign urges decisionmakers to oppose book bans, protect the freedom to read  The American Library Association (ALA) and a coalition of more than 25 groups are banding together to empower individuals and communities to...

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18, a subgroup of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table’s Feminist Task Force, announced its Top Ten feminist books for young readers. Rise: A Feminist Book...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards...

YALSA announces 2022 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the...

Due to a dramatic uptick in book challenges and outright removal of books from libraries, ALA's Executive Board and the Boards of Directors for all of ALA's eight divisions have released the...

Banned & Challenged Classics The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom records attempts to remove books from libraries, schools, and universities. These titles are books on the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century that...

During Banned Books Week (Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2021), libraries, their users and readers everywhere are invited to celebrate and exercise their freedom to read with resources and events from the...

This year's featured keynote speaker at the American Library Association conference was Former President Barack Obama. He expounded on the importance of libraries, especially during these polarizing times:: "We’re going to have work...