ALA announces $1.25M emergency fund for libraries impacted by COVID-19 CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) announced it will make available $1.25M in emergency relief grants to libraries that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ALA ...

Freedom to Read Foundation to Offer an ALA Conference Scholarship through the Gordon M. Conable Fund CHICAGO — Are you interested in Intellectual Freedom? Would you like to attend the American Library Association’s (ALA) Annual Conference in June and learn how the Freedom to Rea...

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) that just passed the House provides $200 million in funding for IMLS, with $178 million for LSTA, and billions more in library-eligible programs. This is the single largest increase in funding for the IMLS in the agency’s 25-y...

Greetings Colorado library staff! Please Join the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) for the second annual Virtual Bookmobile Parade, a full 24 hour celebration of the diverse bookmobiles and outreach vans that bring library materials and resources to communities acros...

  12 Rural Public Libraries Selected to Receive Funding to Offer Bilingual Exhibitions and STEAM Programming The Space Science Institute's National Center for Interactive Learning (SSI/NCIL), the American Library Association (ALA), TPT - Twin Cities PBS, Institute ...