As of June 2022, the PLA Social Worker Task Force has been sunsetted. PLA is considering how best to reform the group to continue its important work. Please check back for updates on the task force's ...

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The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Dr. Katherine Schneider ...

The Caldecott Award Selection Committee consists of 15 members: one chair and 6 members appointed from the ALSC membership at large, and 8 members elected by the ALSC membership, serving 2-year terms ...

ALA actively advocates in defense of the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment.

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and ...

Advise the Center on emerging trends affecting libraries as well as meaningful and important innovations and activities happening within the profession; Identify, analyze, and share information ...

An elevator speech a message intended to spur decision makers to action. An elevator speech must be short, specific, and memorable. It is important to have your elevator speech rehearsed and ready ...

To study the ways in which STS can support the work of equity, diversity, and inclusion within ACRL, academic libraries, and across the library profession. Additionally, the Task Force will explore ...

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The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the ...

Apply to be part of ALA's Great Stories Club, a thematic reading and discussion program that engages underserved teens through literature-based library outreach programs.