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The article discusses the 2019 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference held in Washington, D.C. from June 20-25, 2019. Highlights include attendance at the conference, speakers including author Nnedi Okorafor, "CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent Mo Rocca, and actor and activist George Takei; and informational session offered by ALA's Washington Office titled "173 Days of Congress."

The article offers information on the 2019 American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference on June 20-25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

The article offers information on the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) which will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 24 to 28, 2019.

Information on the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in Chicago, Illinois from June 22-27, 2017 on the federal funding threat to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is presented. Topics include the high attendance partly due to the keynote speaker and politician Hillary Clinton's address, and the role of the independent agency Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The article offers information on BookExpo on June 1–2, 2017 at New York. Topics include BookExpo panel sponsored by Association of American Publishers and moderated by fiction editor Wilda Williams; books launched at expo such as "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn, "Rear Window" by Alfred Hitchcock, and "Black Dahlia, Red Rose" by Piu Eatwell; and other famous authors in expo such as Kelly Jones, Jesmyn Ward, and Jennifer Egan.

The article discusses the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia from January 20-24, 2017. Topics include the participation of attendees in the correlating Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women, a session titled "ALA Town Hall: Library Advocacy and Core Values in Uncertain Times," and sessions from the Symposium on the Future of Libraries.

The article discusses the highlights of the annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in Florida in June 2016. A memorial service was held for the victims of the mass shooting at the LGBT nightclub Orlando's Pulse. Attendance considerably declined compared to the previous year. Topics of the panel discussions included information security and the necessity of providing continued support for older devices, operating systems and applications used by patrons.

The article recommends several library books including "Carry On," by Rainbow Rowell, "The Legend of Lyon Redmond," by Julie Ann Long and "The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife and the Missing Corpse," by Piu Marie Eatwell.

The article presents the highlights of the 2015 BookExpo America (BEA) held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City from May 27 to 29, 2015. The expo posted an increase in the number of attendees. Authors, illustrators and publishers launched new books during the event, including Shane Evans, Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Nadia Hashimi. Meanwhile, librarians attended the fifth annual Shout 'n' Share.

The article offers information on the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting that was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include ALA's Libraries Transform public awareness campaign, library innovations, and the launch of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries. Also mentioned participants of the meeting such as author Chelsea Clinton, documentarian Ken Burns, and library advocate Nancy Pearl.