The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the Illinois Library Association as the recipient of the 2025 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award; Nate Coulter as the recipient of the 2025 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award; and Shannon M. Oltmann as the recipient of the 2025 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award. The awards will be presented at ALA Annual Conference.| Intellectual Freedom Blog
The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt. It is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees’ opinion, are:| www.ala.org