About ALA

The Handbook  provides information on ALA’s structure, membership groups, and governing bodies. It is updated following the Annual Conference, when our officers are installed.

Faced with a “perfect storm” of growing demand for library services and shrinking resources to meet that demand, libraries in 2009–2010 worked to provide critically needed materials and services such as technology training, online resources for employment, continuing education, and government resources.

Don't know your ALSC from your ASCLA?  Skim through the ALA Acronym guide!

2015 Strategic Plan  - ALA 2015 outlines strategic goals and objectives for the next five years, and sets priorities for the association that will strengthen libraries, the profession, and the public’s access to information.