Browse the 2023-2024 ALA Gift Guide for Library Lovers
Posted by Rob Christopher on 11/08/2023
Readers' Advisory
Why is Horror Interest on the Rise in the U.S.? - Insights from ALA author Becky Siegel Spratford
Posted by Rob Christopher on 10/10/2023Racism without Racists
Posted by Rob Christopher on 08/01/2023
a guest post by Tracey Overbey and Amanda L. Folk
Building Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Children and Teens with Books
Posted by Rob Christopher on 05/12/2023
a guest post by Liz Deskins
"Keep the literal and figurative lights on; cockroaches hate that": Michael Cart on YA lit, censorship, and his new book
Posted by Rob Christopher on 05/23/2022
For well over a decade now, Michael Cart and his book Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism have served as invaluable guides to both the history and unfolding landscape of YA lit. Longtime columnist and reviewer for Booklist, as well as a prolific author and editor, Cart decided that the new fourth edition called for a sweeping update.
Free programs from ALA Editions/ALA Neal-Schuman at Annual Conference in Washington DC
Posted by Admin Admin on 06/03/2019ALA Editions/ALA Neal-Schuman is pleased to present a selection of free programs at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition exploring the profession’s issues and trends. The programs scheduled to take place at the ALA Store, located near the main entrance to the Exhibit Hall on the lower level of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, are:
Saturday, June 22
New books, products, special events from ALA Publishing at Annual Conference in Washington DC
Posted by Admin Admin on 05/29/2019Shop and browse the ALA Store at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition for products that meet the widest range of your promotional and continuing education/professional development needs—as well as fun gift items. Located near the main entrance to the Exhibit Hall on the lower level of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the ALA Store hours are:
New books, products, special events at the ALA Store at Midwinter Meeting in Seattle
Posted by Admin Admin on 01/17/2019RA experts Neal Wyatt and Joyce G. Saricks discuss the new Resources for Readers pamphlets
Posted by Admin Admin on 12/07/2018Someone is asking if you might suggest a good suspense novel with a strong female point of view. Oh, they also like to read horror stories now and then — but they'd prefer to avoid books of the blood-and-guts variety. Armed with one of the Psychological Suspense Resources for Readers pamphlets, you quickly suggest Black-Eyed Susans, by Julia Heaberlin and The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson. And guess what? You're an RA hero!