Judith Krug, who founded the now-nationally recognized Banned Books Week to draw attention to battles over intellectual freedom, died Saturday. Krug, 69, was a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association....

The value of libraries in communities across the country continued to grow in 2008 -- and accelerated dramatically as the national economy sank and people looked for cost effective resources in a time of crisis, according to the American Library Association's (ALA) annual State of America's Libraries report, released today as part of National Library Week, April 12-18, 2009....

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is running a national contest to promote the game _ and libraries. The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown has teamed up with the American Library Association for ``Season Four of Step Up to the Plate @ Your Library.''...

Libraries all across the United States will be celebrating National Library Week, which began Sunday and continues through Saturday. The American Library Association (ALA) has arranged this week of celebration since 1958....

Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and writers have launched the latest phase in their 5-year campaign to restore the reader privacy safeguards that they say were stripped away by the USA PATRIOT Act. The Campaign for Reader Privacy (www.readerprivacy.org), which includes the American Library Association (ALA), American Booksellers Association, Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center, has sent a memo (www.readerprivacy.org/news.jsp?id=33) asking C...

National Library Week is an observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. First observed in 1958, it is an annual celebration of the contributions of our nation's libraries, librarians, and library workers. ...

EVANSTON — Judith Krug, a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association and a founder of its Banned Books Week, has died....

EVANSTON, Ill. | Judith Krug, a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association and founder of its Banned Books Week, has died. She was 69....

Associated Press - April 12, 2009 5:43 PM ET EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Judith Krug, a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association and a founder of its Banned Books Week, has......

EVANSTON, Ill. - Judith Krug, a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association and a founder of its Banned Books Week, has died....