I love my library, but the White House is trying to dismantle the agency in charge of federal library funding. It provides jobseeker resources, technology for people with disabilities, and even more.
Call Congress! Urge them to save federal funding #ForOurLibraries 👉 bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
ALA staff Emily Durkin and Megan Janicki, posing with Angela Goodrich of the Urban Libraries Council in front of the US Capitol.
Selfie by ALA staff Megan Janicki with Christine Morris of the Ohio Public Library Information Network and the ALA E-Rate Task Force, in front of the US Capitol
Each year, ALA staff join our partners with the Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) to advocate on Capitol Hill! We were proud to join them again this year to urge Congress to prioritize programs like #ERate that help Americans get online and thrive! #ForOurLibraries
Show up for our libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association
Have you taken action yet to #FundLibraries? We don't have much time left to gather signatures in the House of Reps. in support of federal library funding in FY 2027!
Take action and show up #ForOurLibraries by emailing your House Rep today: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/show-up-for-our-libraries
Show up for our libraries - ALA 150, American Library Association
Have you taken action yet to #FundLibraries? Time is running out to send a message to your House Rep: tell them to include library funding in the FY 2027 federal budget!
Take action and show up #ForOurLibraries today: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. Join me and show up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard.
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Have you taken action yet to #FundLibraries? Use the link below to tell your House Rep to support federal library funding in the upcoming Fiscal Year 27 budget!
We need every advocate to show up #ForOurLibraries.
I love my library—but the White House is trying to dismantle the agency in charge of federal library funding. It provides jobseeker resources, technology for people with disabilities & more.
Contact Congress! Urge them to save federal funding #ForOurLibraries 👉 bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. Join me and show up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard.
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. Join me and show up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard.
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Show up for our libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association.
NEW: Congress has begun preparation for next year's federal budget, and they need to hear from library advocates like you.
The best way to show up #ForOurLibraries during the budget process? Take action.
Tell your Representative to #FundLibraries in FY 2027: ala.org/showup
CA nlld delegation members Rep Kevin Mullin office sign House Capitol Hill American Flag
Thank you @kevinmullin.house.gov for meeting with the California library community. We’re tremendously grateful for your support for libraries in California and across the country. #FundLibraries #NLLD26 #NLLD2026 #ALA #ForOurLibraries
Thank you @warren.senate.gov for supporting America’s libraries that provide lifelong learning and opportunities for our communities! #NLLD26 #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Thank you Senator Markey @markey.senate.gov @karinabravo.bsky.social for championing America’s libraries, digital equity and e-rate! #NLLD26 #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
ALA public Policy & Advocacy staff posing together in front of an ALA logo banner, holding signs that say "Show up for E-Rate" and "Fund Libraries"
From our team here in Washington, THANK YOU to every ALA member and advocate who showed up #ForOurLibraries in DC this week for #NLLD26!
As you might have been able to tell, we were thrilled to welcome you to the District and support your advocacy in Congress. We can't wait to see you next year!
It was a pleasure meeting Tyler Allard in Congressman Seth Moulton’s office to talk libraries, history and books! Thank you @sethmoulton.bsky.social for your support of our libraries that offer life changing opportunities for our residents. #NLLD26 #FundLibraries #ForOurLibraries
Thank you @whipkclark.bsky.social for your ongoing support of America’s libraries! #NLLD26 #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
ALA advocates walking towards the Capitol Building in Washington, DC
That's a wrap on National Library Legislative Day!
To every advocate who showed up #ForOurLibraries and brought your voice to Capitol Hill: thank you. From coast to coast & beyond, libraries are stronger because of you.
Stay tuned for more photos from #NLLD26 (& ways to take action from home 👀)
Thank you @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and ALA members for showing up #ForOurLibraries and taking our message to Congress. #libraries provide access to ideas and information for ALL! Libraries and #librarians support the very foundations of our democracy. #TLSky #EduSky #NLLD26 #FundLibraries!
A photo of a large group of people on the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
National Library Legislative Day is officially here! Library advocates are on the Hill in Washington to make their voices heard and urge support for our country’s libraries in Congress. Thank you to EVERY ALA member and advocate who’s here to show up #ForOurLibraries! #NLLD26 #FundLibraries
Advocates and presenters speaking on stage at NLLD 2026
Advocates here in Washington today for #NLLD26 are preparing for their meetings with elected officials - this is incredibly important work, and we’re grateful for EVERY advocate and presenter for putting in the time to show up #ForOurLibraries.
Advocates sitting together in a. ballroom for National Library Legislative Day 2026.
ALA staff posing in front of ALA logos holding a sign saying “Fund Libraries”
ALA President Sam Helmick in front of the room at NLLD 2026.
What’s that noise we hear…? It’s the sound of library advocates rallying together in Washington, DC!
We’re THRILLED to welcome ALA members & library advocates from across the country for National Library Legislative Day 2026 here in DC. Next stop: Capitol Hill, to show up #ForOurLibraries. #NLLD26
Thank you @libro.fm! If you donate $15 USD or more to your public library, friends of the library, or ALA this week, you'll get a free audiobook!
Whether you're supporting ALA or your local library, we're grateful for EVERYONE showing up #ForOurLibraries.
More info: blog.libro.fm/librarylove/
Show Up for Our Libraries
Thank you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social & @gallego.senate.gov for funding our nation's libraries! $212.5M 4 the Library Services & Technology Act and $30M 4 the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program will help #librarians serve their communities. #ForOurLibraries #TLSky @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
It was exciting to celebrate at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards including the Newbery & Caldecott award winners. Learn about all of this year’s honorees & winners at www.ala.org/news/2026/01... & find a new book for your favorite kid or teen today! #ALAyma #ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
Show up for our libraries - ALA American Library Association
We will not let this news slow us down. We will keep showing up #ForOurLibraries. Because that's what we've always done.
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This great page from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is full of ways that you can show up #ForOurLibraries and help protect these critical community spaces—even if you just have five minutes.
2026 ALA Youth Media Awards live from Chicago! ALA150, American Library Association, Monday, January 26, 10:00 AM CT. ala.unikron.com
The kidlit event of the year is almost here. Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and so many more. Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
#ALA150
#ForOurLibraries
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Photo of a card with calligraphy writing. Text on card reads "LIBRARIANS' CONVENTION. The Librarians of the City of Philadelphia request the pleasure of your company, on Friday Evening, Oct. 6, 1876, between the hours of 8 and 11, at the rooms of the Historical Society, No. 820 Spruce St. Please present this card at the door." Text in graphic reads "Present at the Creation: 'For the purpose of promoting the library interests of the country, and of increasing reciprocity of intelligence and goodwill among librarians and all interested in library economy and bibliographic studies, the undersigned form themselves in a body to be known as the AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.'" ALA150. American Library Association
Library historian Wayne A. Wiegand writes about the first "Congress of Librarians" and the beginning of the American Library Association: https://bit.ly/4bvULDy
Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social.
#ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
Fund Libraries - Tell Congress to invest in libraries. American Library Association
We're sticking to our new year's resolution: taking action to #FundLibraries. Tell your members of Congress to support library funding in this year's federal budget!
Show up #ForOurLibraries and take action. Because funding libraries = funding communities: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
