Booklist Reader: Holy Whodunits!
Some detectives seem to have a divine calling to solve mysteries. Join ALA’s Booklist as they highlight 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
The American Library Association is raising $60 million for its 150th anniversary, the most ambitious philanthropic initiative in its history.
Book Review of the Week: ‘So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America’
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Alan Moores’s review of “So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America” by Jim Ingraham.
U.S. Book Challenges Update: May 2026 Edition
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them. This update includes news from Tennessee, Arizona, and Texas, and a passionate reaction to book bans from a Today show cohost.
The Books They Read: ALA’s Library War Service During WWI
This Memorial Day, as the U.S. remembers those who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, we’re reflecting on how the American Library Association (ALA) responded during World War I. As tragedy and despair spread across the world during those wartime years, ALA worked to brighten the spirits of wounded soldiers by providing them with books and reading materials.
Book Review of the Week: ‘A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine’
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Dominic J. Caraccilo’s review of “A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine” by Jared Peatman.
An ALA Revolution: The Association at 150
2026 marks the 150th anniversary of the American Library Association. It’s a milestone that invites everyone across the country to imagine the libraries of tomorrow, to advocate fiercely for open access to knowledge, and to invest in the infrastructure, both digital and human, that makes libraries a foundation of thriving communities.
Chicago-Area Librarian Named 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year
Kristi Holmes, PhD, associate dean for knowledge management and strategy and director of Northwestern University’s Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center, 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. The award honors individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation, and sustained contributions to the advancement of health sciences librarianship at the local, national, and international levels.
Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry Inducts Tunes by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, The Go-Go’s, Weezer, and More
On May 14, Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen announced the latest round of recordings that will join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress for 2026. The 25 acts were selected as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.
Book Review of the Week: ‘Under the Falls’
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Carol Haggas’s review of “Under the Falls” by Richard Russo.