Macmillan employees banned from attending DBW conference over ebook embargo
Digital Book World (DBW) has banned Macmillan employees from attending its 2020 conference in solidarity with the American Library Association’s (ALA) campaign against the publisher's restrictions on new release ebooks....
Makkai, Laymon win 2019 ALA Andrew Carnegie Medals
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals. The fiction prize was awarded to Rebecca Makkai for The Great Believers (Fleet) and the nonfiction...
ALA Youth Media Awards 2019: Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Stonewall
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals. Meg Medina’s Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Candlewick)...
Libraries Ready to Code announces Computer Science Education week funding
In the US, the Libraries Ready to Code program has announced funding of US$500 (A$648) for 250 schools and public libraries to implement coding activities during Computer Science Education (CS Ed) week...
ALA responds to racial profiling in libraries following two incidents
The American Library Association (ALA) has released a statement affirming its commitment to ‘providing library professionals with resources that support equity, diversity, and inclusion’, following two incidents involving library staff...
ALA renames Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
In the US, a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has voted to remove the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder from a children’s book award, over concerns about how...