Little Free Library has partnered with the American Library Association and PEN America to develop an interactive map that indicates areas in which books are banned and pinpoints locations of its book-sharing boxes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The American Library Association has for nearly 40 years been putting out “Read” posters featuring celebrities and books. Lots of us remember these from school and libraries—my elementary school had the Shaq one guarding the reference books section. When I set out to compile a list of these... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-07-18 08:56:19 UTC ]
Librarians got hands-on experience with tools of the trade and shared their own innovative approaches to meeting community needs at the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, June 27–July 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Librarians got hands-on experience with tools of the trade and shared their own innovative approaches to meeting community needs at this year’s American Library Association Annual Conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
The academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in Redwood City, Calif., has been elected president of the American Library Association for its 2025–2026 term. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
A Louisiana bill would criminalize membership in the American Library Association with fines, jail time, or hard labor. No, this isn't a joke. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-03 16:22:38 UTC ]
Under the conference theme “Stories Inspire. Opportunities Await,” Texas Library Association leaders say the 2024 annual conference, set for April 13-16 in San Antonio, is expected to draw more than 5,000 attendees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
With a strong program and solid registration numbers, excitement is running high for the 2024 Public Library Association Conference, set for April 3–5 in Columbus, Ohio. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: The American Library Association announces five new "Core Values" for librarianship; a candidate for Missouri secretary of state campaigns by burning library books with a flamethrower; and OCLC is suing a shadow archive site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Thirty finalists in six categories for this year's National Book Critics Circle Awards, which recognize books from the publishing year 2023, have been announced. 'Washington Post' critic Becca Rothfeld, author Judy Blume, and the American Library Association have also won special awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
No Book Left Behind, by Alice-Catherine Carls Essay [email protected] Mon, 10/09/2023 - 15:35 Photo by Alexander Grey / UnsplashWelcome news to those of us in the “Flyover Zone”: our reading habits are healthy and well served. The Jackson Madison... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-10-09 20:35:50 UTC ]
In the midst of a historic attack on the freedom to read, the American Library Association has announced a series of "listening sessions" which could lead the first revision of the landmark Freedom to Read statement since 2004. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a major victory for freedom to read advocates in Arkansas; a motion to block Texas's new 'book rating' law gets a speedy hearing date; the Michigan Library Association recruits advocates for its freedom to read initiative; and a look at the Brooklyn Public Library's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference concluded on June 27, in Chicago, with the ALA reporting a solid bump in turnout over 2022. The library community rallied around the freedom to read with a clear stand against censorship. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers from America's heartland are prepared to strut their stuff at this year's American Library Association conference in Chicago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Today, the American Library Association has published its annual list of the Most Challenged Books—those most often targeted for banning in schools and public libraries. As you may already know if you’ve been paying even the slightest bit of attention, book banning efforts are in high gear right... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-24 14:24:23 UTC ]
Censorship is surging thanks to an organised rightwing minority targeting books on LGBTQ and Black characters and issues“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door,” warns a character in Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s dystopian vision of an America where books are considered so dangerous they... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-13 17:21:33 UTC ]
The 2023 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, set for April 19-22 in Austin, comes at a crucial moment for the state’s librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The American Library Association (ALA) tracked 1,269 demands to censor library books and other resources last year, double that of 2021 and the highest in over 20 years; the highest since the ALA began tracking such things. Of the titles reported for whatever supposed thought crimes, the vast... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-23 15:00:01 UTC ]
A new report from the American Library Association showed a spike in censorship efforts, with 1,269 attempts. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-03-23 13:10:19 UTC ]