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"Book Review: ‘Breaking Barriers’ Susan Maguire reviews Robert Wedgeworth‘s Breaking Barriers: A Librarian’s Story of Changing Times."
"Booklist Reader: Workplace Woes ALA’s Booklist has selected a wide assortment of novels that capture the humor, heartbreak, madness, and even terror that encapsulate the modern workplace."
Photo of nine of the ten I Love My Librarian Award Honorees, pictured with Past ALA President Cindy Hohl.
Collage of several READ posters featuring the Muppets, Taylor Swift, Yoda, Oprah, LeVar Burton, Bette Middler, Garfield the Cat, David Bowie, and Shaquille O'Neal. Text over images reads "Historic ALA READ posters up for auction". Logos for I Love Libraries and American Library Association
"Montana Library Builds a More Accessible, Welcoming Community The North Lake County Public Library has made efforts to make their library fully ADA compliant with help from a grant from the American Library Association."
Image: Photo of United for Libraries President’s Program Featured Speaker LeVar Burton Book Cover Image: Take My Word For It Photo Credit: Courtesy of Sage East Register Today and SAVE with advance rates! ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition June 25-29, 2026 Chicago FOR OUR LIBRARIES. FOR 150 YEARS MORE. American Library Association | ALAAnnual.org
"Booklist Reader: Holy Whodunits! ALA’s Booklist has selected a wide assortment of excellent mystery books built around religious themes set in interesting places and times."
"ALA Is Turning 150 this Year. It’s Raising Millions of Dollars for Libraries to Celebrate"
"Book Review: ‘So Young, So Great’ Alan Moores reviews Jim Ingraham‘s So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America."
"U.S. Book Challenges Update: May 2026 Edition This update includes news from Tennessee, Arizona, and Texas, and a passionate reaction to book bans from a Today show cohost."
"Chicago-Area Librarian Named 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year Kristi Holmes has been named the 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, a nonprofit devoted to increasing public awareness and use of the National Library of Medicine."
"Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry Inducts Tunes by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, The Go-Go’s, Weezer, and More"
"Book Review: ‘Under the Falls’ Carol Haggas reviews Richard Russo‘s 'Under the Falls'."
"Illinois School Receives National School Library of the Year Honor The library media center at Vernon Hills High School in Illinois has been named National School Library of the Year."
"Book Review: 'Red and the Wolves' Allie Stevens reviews Cherry Zong's 'Red and the Wolves."
"PBS News Student Reporting Labs ‘On Our Minds’ Podcast Returns Our friends at PBS News Student Reporting Labs are back with another season of “On Our Minds,” their award-winning podcast about the teenage experience."
How I Library Podcast from I Love Libraries. Photo of Daniel Kraus wearing a "Night of the Living Dead" hat. American Library Association logo
Photo of a Storm Trooper from the Star Wars franchise reading a book at a library. Text below reads "May the 4th Be With Your Library: This Star Wars Day, we’re warping into the American Libraries podcast archives for a past episode featuring some very special guests who have worked to bring the franchise to life at their libraries." Photo credit on bottom left reads "Photo: From the Star Wars Anniversary Program at Clearwater (Fla.) Public Library System’s Main Library on August 4, 2007, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr." Logos for I Love Libraries and American Library Association
Have Books, Will Travel In honor of the bookmobile and its vital role in helping to get books and library materials to everyone, especially those unable to directly access their local library, we have a look at its history from the American Library Association Archives.
NEW MEXICO LIBRARY TRANSFORMS COMMUNITY WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND Belén Public Library becomes a safe place for everyone—including those with mobility disabilities, low vision or blindness, hearing loss, and those who are neurodivergent with help from an ALA grant.
Photo of several puzzle piece with various hand-drawn designs on them. I Love Libraries logo. Text over photo reads: "Find Your Joy and Return to It Often: Why Libraries Matter More than Ever. Sam Helmick, 2025-2026 ALA President" ALA150 American Library Association
BOOK REVIEW: ‘IN THE BLOOD’ Diego Báez reviews Carl Phillips’ "In the Blood."
TRUMP WITHDRAWS APPEAL, SECURING HISTORIC VICTORY FOR LIBRARIES The dismissal brings to an end a lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General of 21 states in April 2025.
Show us your LIBRARY JOY for your chance to win $150! ilovelibraries.org/joy. National Library Week, April 19-25, 2026. ALA150 American Library Association
BOOK REVIEW: ‘THE TUXEDO SOCIETY’ Joelle Egan reviews Paul Rudnick’s The Tuxedo Society.
BOOKLIST READER: THE LEGACY OF JANE GOODALL Donna Seaman at Booklist selects seven books that encapsulate Goodall’s legacy.
"BOOK REVIEW: ‘A SPLINTERING’ Andrienne Cruz reviews Dur e Aziz Amna’s A Splintering."
"What It Takes to Run a 17,000-Player Library Game A summer-long library event that has activated an entire community, the Summer Game is everywhere you look in Ann Arbor, running from the last day of school in June through the end of August."
"BOOK REVIEW: 'BOOK OF LIVES: A MEMOIR OF SORTS'" "Milena Durek reviews Margaret Atwood's 'Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts'"
"U.S. BOOK CHALLENGES UPDATE: MARCH 2026 EDITION" "This update includes news from the U.S. House of Representatives and the states of Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as thoughts from author and scholar Ibram X. Kendi on the banning of his books."
Main image features children playing at a pretend airplane. Text reads "LIBRARY PROGRAMS ON HUMAN MIGRATION Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, was one of just 15 libraries in the nation selected to host World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration."
"TELL CONGRESS TO FUND LIBRARIES ALA is calling on library advocates nationwide to contact their U.S. House Representatives and urge them to sign on in support of federal library funding."
Main image features someone using a VR headset in a library. "A New Mechanism for Dialogue: Virtual Reality Programs in Academic Libraries In an academic library, VR can enhance educational takeaways from historical and cultural events and tie into curriculum."
"BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘THE UNCONSCIOUS’ In this week‘s review from Booklist, Tony Miksanek reviews The Unconscious: A Cultural History from Hippocrates to Philip K. Dick and Beyond written by Antonio Melechi."
"BOOKLIST READER: PODCAST CONNECTION Heather Booth at Booklist selects six audiobooks that fans of podcasts will enjoy."
Main image features director Guillermo Del Toro. Text reads "GUILLERMO DEL TORO MEETS FRANKENSTEIN AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY The filmmaker explored NYPL's collection of original works and artifacts of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, the inspiration for del Toro's own acclaimed adaptation."
"U.S. BOOK CHALLENGES UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2026 EDITION This update includes news from New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Utah, as well as a look at an Ohio author who’s fighting back against book bans."
Main image features 'Paulie Marshall: A Writer's Life' book cover. Text reads "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘PAULE MARSHALL: A WRITER’S LIFE’ In this week‘s review from Booklist, Allison Escoto reviews Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life written by Mary Helen Washington."
Main image is a black and white archival image of Peoria State Hospital’s Bowen Building. Text reads "PODCASTING TO PRESERVE: STORIES FROM THE BOWEN BUILDING Funded by an ALA grant, Alpha Park Public Library’s Stories from the Bowen Building podcast series dives into the fascinating history of the Peoria State Hospital, which closed in 1973."
The main image is of the book cover of Patti Smith's "Bread Angels". Text reads "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘BREAD OF ANGELS’ In this week‘s review from Booklist, Donna Seaman reviews Bread of Angels written by Patti Smith."
The main image includes an old portrait of the Los Angeles Public Library. The text reads "LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENS 100-YEAR OLD TIME CAPSULE To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its historic flagship Central Library, Los Angeles Public Library dug into its roots to uncover a time capsule that was placed in the library’s cornerstone during its original construction."
Header image features Mychal Threets with Library Joy shirt. Text reads "MYCHAL THREETS TASTES THE RAINBOW ON NPR The Reading Rainbow host and honorary chair of this year's National Library Week appeared on NPR's quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! this weekend to compete in the Not My Job segment."
Main image features firefighters working at library computers. Text reads "A LIBRARY FOR FIREFIGHTERS The Illinois Fire Service Institute Library provides fire and emergency library and information assistance to the Fire Institute’s instructional staff, students, and more than 1,000 Illinois fire departments and 42,000 Illinois firefighters."
Main image is the book cover of “Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir” By Margo Jefferson. Text reads "BOOKLIST READER: BLACK WRITERS TELL THEIR STORIES ALA's Booklist Reader selects 12 vivid and thoughtful memoirs that bring us into the lives of Black families and share deeply resonant experiences of hardships and healing, dreams and accomplishments."
Main image is a photo of "Harry the Dirty Dog." Text reads "A LIBRARY BOOK RETURNS HOME—36 YEARS LATE A children’s book enjoyed a spectacular trip around the world before coming home to a Virginia library 36 years after it was checked out."
Header image features the 2026 Carnegie Winners. Text reads "THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES THE CARNEGIE 2026 WINNERS A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar is the winner of the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li is the winner of the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction."
Feature image of "Plague House" by Michael Conrad. Text reads "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘PLAGUE HOUSE’ In this week‘s review from Booklist, Jack Phoenix reviews Plague House written by Michael W. Conrad."
Header image is a collage of movies. Text reads "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ADDS 25 FILMS TO NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY" "Great films like The Karate Kid, Clueless, Before Sunrise, and The Big Chill have all been added to the National Film Registry for 2025 by the Library of Congress."
ALA Youth Media Awards
Image of people filming a video for social media. Text reads "BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S TIKTOK Milwaukee Public Library’s social media presence is famous beyond the library world. We went behind the scenes with the duo responsible for their videos."
Main image of the book cover of "Wake Now in the Fire,” written by Jarrett Dapier and illustrated by AJ Dungo. Text reads "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE’ In this week‘s review from Booklist, Sarah Hunter reviews Wake Now in the Fire written by Jarrett Dapier and illustrated by AJ Dungo."
Graphic showing 'Smartphone Nation' by Kaitlyn Regehr book cover. against green backdrop. Graphic includes text "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘SMARTPHONE NATION’" "In this week‘s review, Philip Zozzaro reviews Smartphone Nation: Building Digital Boundaries When Offline Isn’t an Option by Kaitlyn Regehr."
"U.S. BOOK CHALLENGES UPDATE: DECEMBER 2025 EDITION" "News from North Carolina, Florida, and the U.S Supreme Court, as well as a look at PEN America’s recent book ban report."
"The Old Sleigh" book cover. "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘THE OLD SLEIGH’ Maryann Owen reviews a seasonal favorite for young readers - The Old Sleigh by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey - in this week’s Book Review of the Week."
"WANDERING SOULS AND OTHER STORIES" book cover. "BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ‘WANDERING SOULS AND OTHER STORIES'" For our first installment of our Book Review of the Week feature, we have a new review of Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Caputo’s Wandering Souls and Other Stories, first published in the December 1, 2025, issue of Booklist.
'The Librarians" documentary cover. "HELP ‘THE LIBRARIANS’ DOCUMENTARY WIN!" The acclaimed documentary “The Librarians” is one of several docs in the running for the Cinema Eye Honor’s Audience Choice Award. And you can help it win by voting online.
Image of actor Jason Schwartzman. "Jason Schwartzman Loves His Library Card." "Everyone should have a library card," Schwartzman told the New York Times. "It's like a bicycle for your brain."
Book cover of “Genocide and Propaganda: A Primary Source Collection.” By Paul R. Bartrop. "Booklist Reader: Understanding Propaganda" The banning and censorship of books is often only one part of a wider project to limit access to information. The following works of nonfiction and fiction demonstrate when and how propaganda is used, as well as potential consequences of its influence.