As Annual Conference Kicks Off, ALA Announces New Executive Director
Daniel J. Montgomery, currently President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, will take the helm at ALA this fall.
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Lyrasis to Take Over Library Ebook Platform, The Palace Project, from Digital Public Library of America
Some five years after it was chartered, the Palace Project will now be solely owned and operated by Lyrasis.
The Words & Money Weekly Newsletter for the Week Ending June 20, 2025
As the library world prepares to converge on Philadelphia for the 2025 American Library Association Annual Conference, challenges abound. But this week, librarians got a little backup from the Government Accounting Office, which released a report concluding that, yes, the Trump Administration's withholding of IMLS funding is illegal.
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending June 20, 2025
Among the week's headlines: Escambia County votes to allow book bans without review; a chilling report on the freedom to read in Utah; two more 'Freedom to Read' bills advance; and BookCon returns!
Judge Schedules Next Steps in the ALA’s IMLS Case
In a filing this week, Trump administration lawyers said they would move to have the ALA's lawsuit to save the IMLS dismissed.
GAO Declares Trump's Withholding of IMLS Funds to Be Illegal
The Constitution grants the President "no unilateral authority to withhold funds from obligation," concludes the independent, nonpartisan watchdog.
The Words & Money Weekly Newsletter for the Week Ending June 13, 2025
After two legal victories in May, library advocates were feeling better about their chances of saving the Institute of Museum and Library Services from a Trump executive order. But after a federal judge in Washington D.C. backtracked on issuing an injunction and with an appeal seeking a stay of