American Library Association
32.2K posts
American Library Association
@ALALibrary
Archived account of the American Library Association. Follow us on Bsky (amlibraryassoc) and Threads/Instagram (americanlibraryassociation).
- #ILoveMyLibrarian Award winner Mychal Threets' mantra is “you belong.” “I try to interrupt people’s day. You never know how much a simple greeting might change someone’s day and might keep them going to the next day.” sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… Press Reader: pressreader.com/article/281509…
- Congrats to Emma Boettcher! If someone had to end James Holzhauer's fantastic run, we're glad it was a #librarian. bit.ly/2XmRdeb The paper for her MLIS degree, “Predicting the Difficulty of Trivia Questions Using Text Features,” relied on #Jeopardy clues.
- Note: Do not mess with Dolly Parton. Also, please stop censoring books. Thank you. Signed, Librarians everywhere. bit.ly/3sEJM3W #FReadom #IntellectualFreedom
- "Librarians are not trying to force your children to read material you don’t want them to read. They are fulfilling their role as information professionals tasked with upholding the constitutional promise of access to information for all." wapo.st/3Sw4opB
- Feeling like a proud parent about this tweet. Thank you, @chrissyteigen!
- ❤️It's inspiring to see the avalanche of love and support for @mychal3ts and libraries that this tweet ignited. Don't mess with Mychal, y'all. His positivity and love for his library and community are forces to be reckoned with.
- Library kids are going to save the world. ❤️ #librariansI could not love this video more!
00:00 - If you believe, as we do, that a small group of parents like Moms for Liberty should not dictate what books other people's children are allowed to read, please join us tomorrow in taking action on #RightToReadDay (April 24) during #NationalLibraryWeek.MORE: Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, founders of Moms for Liberty, whose members campaign to sit on school boards, have been proactive in getting fiction books that discuss race and racism, slavery, sex and gender identity, banned from school shelves.
00:00 - 🤩 Some news: ALA will honor @DollyParton with lifetime honorary membership for her longstanding commitment to inspiring a love of books and reading, AND there's a Celebrity READ® Poster. Press release: bit.ly/ALA-DollyParton @dollyslibrary #NationalLibraryWeek
- Libraries work because library workers do. This #LaborDay, we're shouting out all library workers for their extraordinary service as they face an unprecedented level of harassment, threats of violence, and challenges to their expertise. ALA offices are closed in observance.
- Thank you to President @BarackObama for supporting libraries and the freedom to read. And thank you to all library workers on the front lines "fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone." #UniteAgainstBookBansToday, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and
- Here's a positive story to end the week. @mychal3ts, the one-man public relations machine for libraries, on @KQED's #Rightnowish spreading the word about the coolest place in earth. ❤️
