The library media center at Vernon Hills High School in Illinois—just north of the American Library Association’s Chicago home—has been named National School Library of the Year.
In episode 33 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus about his latest book, “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World.”
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, ALA’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Jessica Durham’s review of “Three Sisters” by David Macinnis Gill.
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.
As young readers confront the meaning of America’s 250th birthday this year, it’s important to allow them to see the wider picture beyond the familiar roster of “founding fathers” that fill the pages of history textbooks. ALA’s Booklist has selected 16 books that offer a rich variety of perspectives on the decades leading up to the American Revolution, the important events of America’s fight for independence, and the early days of the new nation as it wrestled with what life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness mean in practice.
This September, Laufey will join the American Library Association and libraries across the U.S. to give everyone a front row seat to the joy of getting a library card.
This Star Wars Day we’re listening to one of our favorite past episodes of American Libraries’ podcast that’s devoted to all things Star Wars. The show features conversations with three individuals who occupy a unique place in the Star Wars universe, revealing how the franchise has become a force with galactic influence.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Allie Steven’s review of “Red and the Wolves” by Cherry Zong.
April is School Library Month, when school librarians across the U.S. are encouraged to host activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school libraries play in transforming learning. For more than 40 years, School Library Month has highlighted the vital role school libraries play in the lives and education of our nation’s youth. It has a fascinating history.
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 details about ALA’s tracking of book bans and challenges in 2025, as well as news from Iowa, North Carolina, and Washington.
It’s Take Action for Libraries Day, observed on the Thursday of National Library Week each year. To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voices heard today. Here are 10 ways you can act fast.
Bookmobiles are a large component of library outreach—in fact, National Library Outreach Day was first called National Bookmobile Day. 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.
Sponsored by the National Book Committee, Inc., and in cooperation with the American Library Association, the first National Library Week was launched March 16–22, 1958. Citing a 1957 survey showing that only 17% of Americans polled were reading a book, the inaugural National Library Week slogan was “Wake Up and Read!”
In March 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) announced a new project in partnership with the Association for Rural & Small Libraries, under ALA’s Libraries Transforming Communities initiative, to expand support for hundreds of small and rural libraries across the country.
It’s National Library Week, the weeklong celebration of the important role libraries and library workers play in schools and communities across the United States. It also marks the release of ALA’s 2026 State of America’s Libraries Report and the highly anticipated Top 11 Most Challenged Books List.
This National Library Week, we are invited to “Find Your Joy.” The joy found in libraries isn’t incidental. Library joy is built intentionally, collectively, and often against the odds.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Donna Seaman’s review of “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” by Wil Haygood.
Belén (N.M.) Public Library was awarded two rounds of grant funding via ALA’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities initiative. Those dollars have helped the library reach its goal of becoming a safe place for everyone—including those with mobility disabilities, low vision or blindness, hearing loss, and those who are neurodivergent.
This National Library Week, celebrated April 19-25, we want to know: What brings you library joy? Show us with your original creative work and you could win a $150 VISA gift card or an ALA READ poster!
The library media center at Vernon Hills High School in Illinois—just north of the American Library Association’s Chicago home—has been named National School Library of the Year.
In episode 33 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus about his latest book, “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World.”
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, ALA’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Jessica Durham’s review of “Three Sisters” by David Macinnis Gill.
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.
As young readers confront the meaning of America’s 250th birthday this year, it’s important to allow them to see the wider picture beyond the familiar roster of “founding fathers” that fill the pages of history textbooks. ALA’s Booklist has selected 16 books that offer a rich variety of perspectives on the decades leading up to the American Revolution, the important events of America’s fight for independence, and the early days of the new nation as it wrestled with what life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness mean in practice.
This September, Laufey will join the American Library Association and libraries across the U.S. to give everyone a front row seat to the joy of getting a library card.
This Star Wars Day we’re listening to one of our favorite past episodes of American Libraries’ podcast that’s devoted to all things Star Wars. The show features conversations with three individuals who occupy a unique place in the Star Wars universe, revealing how the franchise has become a force with galactic influence.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Allie Steven’s review of “Red and the Wolves” by Cherry Zong.
April is School Library Month, when school librarians across the U.S. are encouraged to host activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school libraries play in transforming learning. For more than 40 years, School Library Month has highlighted the vital role school libraries play in the lives and education of our nation’s youth. It has a fascinating history.
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 details about ALA’s tracking of book bans and challenges in 2025, as well as news from Iowa, North Carolina, and Washington.
