Literatures in English Section

Home page for ACRL Literature in English Section

Literatures in English Section

The Literatures in English Section (LES) is part of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Members of LES are professionally involved in the acquisition, organization, and use of information sources related to the study and teaching of literature written in English from around the world.

Further Information about the Section

Member Activities and Services
Mentoring Form
Directory of LES Literature Librarians
Section Bylaws: Approved 1996
Strategic Plan: Adopted 1996, Revised 2003
Section Committees
Discussion Groups
Officers and Committee Chairs
Past Officers
Officers' Manual

LES Publications and Programs:

LES-Wiki: Wiki for the Section
LES-Blog: Blog for the Section
Biblio-Notes: The Section Newsletter
LES-L: The Electronic Discussion List for Literatures in English Librarians
LES Meeting Schedule - 2008 ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
LES Brochure (in PDF format)
LES Statement on Primary Materials
Bibliography: Studies of Interest to English and American Literature Librarians
LES Research Competency Guidelines
LES Program Bibliographies

Selected Web Links:

Comments may be directed to the Web Editor. Special thanks to ALA and ACRL for hosting this site.

This site was established 24 March, 1996, at the University of Connecticut and moved to its current location at ALA on November 30, 2000.

URL: http://www.ala.org/acrl/les