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Meet Teresa "Teri" Anderson, the new executive director of ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries.
"There’s a reason we see so many librarians and archivists on the show," says Harmeyer, the winningest library professional ...
At George A. Jackson Elementary School in Jericho, New York, educators wanted to help students discover the power of their voices. During the 2023–2024 school year, as part of a unit about natural ...
Johnson City (Tenn.) Public Library Marketing Coordinator Hannah Kiger (right) pours barley into the first batch of the 1895 lager at Johnson City Brewing Company in April 2020.Photo: Johnson City ...
The 2025 recipients of the I Love My Librarian Award (ILMLA) are 10 standout librarians. They include a bookmobile librarian serving a community in crisis, a school librarian bridging gaps for ...
In the summer of 2023, a controversial book—Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe—was removed from the shelves of the small Connecticut library where I worked as a part-time paraprofessional. The ...
This week marks 100 days since President Trump’s January 20 inauguration. It has also been approximately 45 days since Trump signed the March 14 executive order that called for stripping the Institute ...
On May 9, American Library Association (ALA) President Cindy Hohl released a statement condemning President Trump’s May 8 firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who had been in the role since ...
In July 1925, the US was transfixed by State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. Held in Dayton, Tennessee, the proceedings examined whether high school teacher ...
On May 1, the American Library Association (ALA) announced that the US District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum ...