ALA Commits to Strategic Plan, Focusing on Advocacy and ActivismThe American Library Association’s newly approved 2025 strategic plan addresses national policy, library legislation, and local connections, reflecting “a more activist approach” to coalition-building and the profession, said Leslie Burger, ALA interim executive director.
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Shakeup at ‘LJ’ and ‘SLJ’ Results in Layoffs, Leadership ChangeMedia Source Inc., parent company of
School Library Journal,
Library Journal, and the
Horn Book, has announced a “strategic repositioning across the company” and laid off Rebecca T. Miller (l.), group publisher of the three journals, as well as
SLJ editor-in-chief Kathy Ishizuka.
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Trump’s Comments Undermine AI Action Plan, Threaten CopyrightAfter the White House released an action plan on artificial intelligence that all but ignored intellectual property concerns, and the Senate introduced a bipartisan bill aimed to curb AI companies’ theft of creative work, President Trump said requiring tech companies to pay to train their models on copyrighted content was “not doable.”
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In Amicus Brief, Literary Groups Register Opposition to Iowa Law Ten organizations including the Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers for Free Expression, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and Independent Book Publishers Association filed a July 24 amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in
Penguin Random House v.
Robbins, who are challenging an Iowa book banning law.
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ALA Grows Its Global Network at UN ForumA delegation from the American Library Association discussed libraries’ economic and social importance in a July 21 panel at the United Nations 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York City.
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In Conversation: Chelsea Lin Wallace and Thyra HederChelsea Lin Wallace (l.) is a poet, a school theater director, and a children’s author. Author-illustrator Thyra Heder is also a storyboard artist for movies and TV, and a fashion and interior design. We asked Wallace and Heder to discuss their new book,
On Our Way with Mr. Jay, about an intrepid school bus driver, kicking off a series of picture books celebrating school heroes.
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An Inside Job
Daniel Silva, Author
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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy
James Patterson, Author, Vicky Ward, Author
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The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst, Author
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Caught Up: Into Darkness Trilogy
Navessa Allen, Author
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Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden, Author
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Three Shattered Souls
Mai Corland, Author
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