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ALA President Cindy Hohl released a statement condemning President Trump’s May 8 firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden ...
ALA President Cindy Hohl responds to President Trump’s "unlawful dismissal" of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter.
As the President of the American Library Association, I am deeply disappointed in last night’s decision by President Trump to fire Dr. Carla Hayden from her position as Librarian of ...
Attorneys for the ALA and AFSCME have responded to last week’s filing by the defendants in a lawsuit; they seek a preliminary ...
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A federal judge has granted a “narrow” temporary restraining order in a lawsuit co-filed by the American Library Association ...
In anticipation of a new edition (11th) of the Intellectual Freedom Manual, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is reviewing and updating ALA’s intellectual policies, including the ...
The Perry Cook Memorial Public Library has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in round three of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an ...
CHICAGO, April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA) will host its 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition June 26-30 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia ...
A temporary restraining order was issued just days ahead of a mass layoff of nearly all IMLS employees that was slated to ...