These novels recommended by @ala-booklist.bsky.social capture the humor, heartbreak, madness, and even terror that encapsulate the modern workplace. Read more at https://bit.ly/4h7Qw3W

🎊 Cheers to our amazing I Love My Librarian Award 2026 Honorees. Thank you for the impact you make every day! #ALAAC26

“I’ve only seen this many librarians in my dreams!” Read more about the Opening General Session in American Libraries magazine. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/tag/alaac26/ #ALAAC26

Have you ever wanted to own an iconic American Library Association READ® poster? Now’s your chance! But don't wait - bidding is open through July 10. Read more: https://bit.ly/4eZ2ewe

With help from a grant from the American Library Association, a Montana library made major renovations to make their building fully ADA compliant. Read more at https://bit.ly/4xBEo0S

🌈📖 One more great reason to join us! Actor, writer, and literacy advocate LeVar Burton is headed to #ALAAC26 as the United for Libraries President's Program Featured Speaker! He will share insights on his new memoir, "Take My Word For It." Register Now with advance rates! https://bit.ly/4qJALBq

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. Read more at https://bit.ly/4onqzig

The American Library Association is raising $60 million for its 150th anniversary, the most ambitious philanthropic initiative in its history. Read more at https://bit.ly/49R9yHt

For this installment of our book reviews from Booklist, we have Alan Moores’ review of “So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America” by Jim Ingraham. Read more at https://bit.ly/4tYzUOM

Our latest update of book bans and challenges happening across the U.S.—and efforts to stop them—includes news from Tennessee, Arizona, and Texas. Read more at https://bit.ly/4efG7Bn

Kristi Holmes has been named the 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine. Read more at https://bit.ly/4o6sBDG

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. Read more at https://bit.ly/43zrxhU

For this installment of our book reviews from Booklist, we have Carol Haggas’s review of “Under the Falls” by Richard Russo. Read more at https://bit.ly/4tYzUOM

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. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4386nam

For this installment of our book reviews from Booklist, we have Allie Stevens' review of “Red and the Wolves” by Cherry Zong. Read more at the link in our bio or at https://bit.ly/4dplnFM

Award-winning podcast "On our Minds" returns with another season! You can find new episodes every Wednesday wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4wiqBf0

In this episode of the “How I Library” podcast, show host Phil Morehart speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus (@danielkraus.com) about his latest book, “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World.” Listen here: https://bit.ly/3PyRfQk

This #StarWarsDay, we’re listening to one of our favorite past episodes of American Libraries’ podcast that’s devoted to all things Star Wars. Listen here: https://bit.ly/4d2gORt

Bookmobiles are a large component of library outreach. National Library Outreach Day was first called National Bookmobile Day. In honor of the bookmobile, we have a look at its history from the American Library Association Archives. To read more visit https://bit.ly/4vJXd15https://bit.ly/4vJXd15

Belén Public Library was awarded two rounds of grant funding via an ALA grant. Those dollars have helped the library reach its goal of becoming a safe place for everyone. To read more visit https://bit.ly/4mDIH6Ohttps://bit.ly/4mDIH6O

"So this week, I encourage you to engage with your library in person or online. Wander the stacks. Attend a program. Ask for a recommendation. Let yourself be surprised." - ALA President Sam Helmick Read Sam's full piece: https://bit.ly/4cQ4Qvf 📸 Tomahawk (WI) Public Library #NationalLibraryWeek

For this installment of our book reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social , Diego Báez reviews “In the Blood” by Carl Phillips.

On April 6, a federal court granted the Trump Administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s earlier ruling that struck down the Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read more at https://bit.ly/4vyO62W

Show us what brings you #LibraryJoy with your original creative work: a drawing, painting, poem, essay, photo, video, song, comic panel—you get the idea. Submit your original piece by the end of #NationalLibraryWeek (4/25) for a chance to win a $150 VISA gift card! Submit at ilovelibraries.org/joy

For this installment of our book reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social, Joelle Egan reviews Paul Rudnick’s "The Tuxedo Society." Read more at https://bit.ly/4srqhYa

These books encapsulate Goodall’s legacy in the work of scientists and others deeply inspired and guided by her knowledge, wisdom, and convictions.—Donna Seaman, Booklist Editor-in-Chief Visit: https://bit.ly/4tJmuXw

ALA is thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients of the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award! Congratulations to these 10 outstanding librarians - people who power possibility in our neighborhoods, our schools, and our places of higher learning. Meet the 2026 honorees here: https://bit.ly/3HcHvEy

For this installment of our book reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social, Andrienne Cruz reviews Dur e Aziz Amna’s "A Splintering." Read more at https://bit.ly/4sge6xw

During the summer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a different kind of sign begins sprouting up across the city. These colorful, circular signs aren’t for an upcoming election but instead “lawn codes” for the Ann Arbor District Library’s (AADL) Summer Game. Read more at https://bit.ly/4trzErS

For this installment of our book reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social, we have Milena Durek reviews Margaret Atwood's "Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts." Read more at https://bit.ly/4v7AbRg

Our latest update of book bans and challenges happening across the U.S.—and efforts to stop them—includes news from Texas and Pennsylvania. Read more at https://bit.ly/41cRrXQ

Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, was one of just 15 libraries in the nation selected to host “World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration.” Read more at https://bit.ly/4rMFoeD

In a special message for I Love Libraries, author Andy Weir shares his love for the library and its limitless offerings and opportunities. To learn more about Project Hail Mary and the incredible worlds available to everyone at the library visit: https://bit.ly/4rCwz72.

Advocates are ramping up the campaign to #FundLibraries: are you ready to take action? Congress needs to hear from constituents like you. ☎️ Call your House Rep TODAY and urge them to include library funding in next year's federal budget: Link in bio (or head to ala.org/showup)

Have you called your House Rep to #FundLibraries yet? We know calling your elected officials can be intimidating - that's why we've made the process quick and simple. Head to ala.org/showup and urge Congress to support library funding in next year's federal budget!

Virtual reality has popped up in many libraries in recent years, sparking everything from senior-focused programs to virtual travel experiences to tween and teen STEAM programs. Read more at https://bit.ly/40MRKbH

For this installment of our weekly book reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social, we have Tony Miksanek’s review of “The Unconscious: A Cultural History from Hippocrates to Philip K. Dick and Beyond” by Antonio Melechi. Read more at the link in our bio or at https://bit.ly/4rXd9e5

Podcast listeners will enjoy this list of audiobooks put together by Heather Booth at @ala-booklist.bsky.social !

The New York Public Library hosted filmmaker Guillermo del Toro for a tour of the library’s Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle to explore some of the historical materials in the collection related to Mary Shelley and “Frankenstein.” Read more at https://bit.ly/4r774KF

Our latest update of book bans and challenges happening across the U.S.—and efforts to stop them—includes news from New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, and Utah. Read more at https://bit.ly/4aPlOck

Thank you for your support @libro.fm! ❤️ Donate $15 or more this week to your local public library, library Friends group, or to ALA and receive a free audiobook credit! Give to ALA here: bit.ly/4rFew1l

For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, we have Allison Escoto’s review of “Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life” by Mary Helen Washington. Read more at https://bit.ly/3ZJIjJt

Funded by ALA’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries, Alpha Park Public Library’s seven-part “Stories from the Bowen Building” series dives into the fascinating history of the Peoria State Hospital, which closed in 1973. Read more at https://bit.ly/3MPoNIw

For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, we have Donna Seaman’s review of “Bread of Angels” by Patti Smith. Read more at https://bit.ly/4rU80TG

The Los Angeles Public Library is celebrating a milestone: the 100th anniversary of its historic flagship Central Library. To mark the occasion, LAPL dug into its roots to uncover a relic from its past. Read more at https://bit.ly/3OdT2JC

The Reading Rainbow host and honorary chair of this year’s National Library Week Mychal Threets was on NPR's quiz show, “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!,” this weekend. Read more at the link in our bio or at https://bit.ly/4kB1UVF

The IFSI Library provides fire and emergency library and information assistance to the Fire Institute’s instructional staff, students, and Illinois fire departments and firefighters. Read more at https://bit.ly/4tp5lmA

Booklist selects 12 memoirs that bring us into the lives of Black families and share deeply resonant experiences of hardships and healing, dreams and accomplishments. Read more at https://bit.ly/4kg7NaG

A library book is returned 36 years after it was checked out! Read more at https://bit.ly/4rBn1d0

The ALA has selected “A Guardian and a Thief” by Megha Majumdar as the winner of the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and “Things in Nature Merely Grow” by Yiyun Li as the winner of the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Read more at https://bit.ly/4qU7PY9