Association of Library Professionals - ALP

10/24/2026

“Banned Books Week: The Freedom to Read Needs a Neutral Library”

In this FAIR newsletter, FAIR marks Banned Books Week by arguing that the freedom to read requires more than preventing books from being removed from library shelves. The newsletter examines how collection decisions can exclude certain perspectives before books ever reach the shelves and highlights....

10/10/2026

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🚫📚 “Here is my challenge to readers who believe that since they know what a banned book is their work is done. Go into your local library and look at the books in your local library’s “banned” books display. We already know that there will be lots of copies of that book available throughout your library system. Now see if you can think of a book that presents some different point of view. Can you get that book from your local public library system? Likely not, or only with great difficulty.”

Find out how the debate over what counts as a “banned” book distracts from the larger problem of bias in public libraries: https://news.fairforall.org/p/banned-really

10/04/2026

Great news! ALP now has a resource section of the website that allows you to access past summit meetings, webinars, etc. Some items require your log-in from when you joined ALP. Go have a look!

https://alplibraries.org/resources/

10/04/2026

🚫📚 Every October, Banned Books Week arrives with a familiar script: one side warns that censorship is sweeping the nation, and the other insists nobody is banning anything. Both camps dig in their heels, and the public walks away more confused than before.

When officials pull books from a public library because they dislike the ideas inside, intellectual freedom suffers. But a more insidious form of censorship often happens earlier, when the people choosing books decide certain perspectives simply don’t belong in libraries. As a result, a library can loudly celebrate Banned Books Week while stocking dozens of titles on one side of a contested issue and ignoring the others.

FAIR’s solution is simple: a neutral library that doesn’t tell patrons what to think, offers viewpoint diversity, applies its policies fairly, and trusts readers to decide for themselves. That is the mission of FAIR in Libraries (FiL).

Find out how you can advance library neutrality with FAIR in Libraries: https://substack.com/?r=52vkbo&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light

08/03/2026

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07/31/2026

Should Librarians be free to articulate ? Check out the latest from >> https://tinyurl.com/4y7y7p8k

07/20/2026

Should Librarians be free to articulate and defend their own viewpoints? Check out the latest post >> https://tinyurl.com/4y7y7p8k from

07/17/2026

Wow! Happy to announce as our ALP Summit ‘26 keynote! Registration is FREE and found here > www.alplibraries.org/summit
Also, free merch giveaways from our webstore during the summit!

07/15/2026

Did you know that has a statement on for ? Have a look!
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07/04/2026

Happy American Independence Day from FAIR! 🇺🇸

In the last 250 years, the values of liberty, equality, and the rights of the individual have united us as Americans and continually inspired progress toward a future where all can enjoy these ideals. Today, let's honor this milestone and the progress we have made, and continue building a future "with liberty and justice for all."