Overview of ALA Select Resources for Chapters
See also What Chapters Are, What ALA Does for Chapters (including links to resources), and The ALA and Chapters Partnership, which are pages of answers and explanations about how the ALA and ALA Chapters partnership works.
See also State of the Chapter Annual Report, which are snapshot reports compiled to help Chapters and ALA assess the health and vitality of state and regional library associations. In addition, they highlight notable activities and achievements that can be modeled, and identify challenges and needs that may be addressed collectively.
| Background | Quick Links | Key Action Areas | Select ALA Resources by Subject | ALA Chapters: Frequently Asked Questions |
Background
The pages, What Chapters Are, What ALA Does for Chapters (including links to resources), and The ALA and Chapters Partnership, will guide you to answers and explanations about how the ALA and ALA Chapters partnership works.
Quick Links
| Constitution, Bylaws, Handbook, Etc. | Executive Board, Council, and Chapter Councilors | Divisions and Round Tables | Library and Membership Services | Offices | Contact ALA Staff |
Constitution, Bylaws, Handbook, Etc.
ALA Governing and Strategic Documents
Executive Board, Council, and Chapter Councilors
| ALA Executive Board Directory (see also Officers and Executive Board) | Council Roster (see also Council) | Chapter Councilors |
Divisions and Round Tables
| Divisions | Round Tables |
Library and Membership Services
| Library of the American Library Association (see also Ask the ALA Librarian) | Membership and Customer Service | Membership Development |
Offices
ALA has a number of other offices that provide resources and offer consultation to chapters, including these:
- library public relations efforts [ Public Information Office (PIO)]
- information technology [ Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP)]
- leadership and expert advice to ALA staff, members, and public on all matters related to research and statistics about libraries, librarians, and other library staff [ Office for Research and Statistics (ORS)]
- library and legislative advocacy [ Washington Office (WO)] and its [ Office of Government Relations (OGR)]
- library advocacy [ Office for Library Advocacy (OLA)]
- diversity resources [ Office for Diversity]
- censorship, privacy, intellectual freedom [ Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)]
- recruitment and retention to the profession [ Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR)]
- literacy and community outreach [ Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)]
Contact ALA Staff
| Contact ALA (includes ALA staff list with contact information) |
Key Action Areas
Key Action Areas as guiding principles for investment of energies and resources:
| Diversity |Education and Lifelong Learning | Equitable Access to Information and Library Services |Intellectual Freedom |Advocacy for Libraries and the Profession | Literacy | Organizational Excellence |
Select ALA Resources by Subject
| Advocacy | Diversity | Information Technology | Intellectual Freedom | Jobs | Leadership Development | Lifelong Learning | Literacy | Networking | News | Research and Statistics | Students |
See also ALA Professional Resources.
Advocacy
Chapter Relations Office, Legislation and Advocacy
Diversity
Information Technology
Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP)
Intellectual Freedom
| Banned Books Week | Office for Intellectual Freedom | Intellectual Freedom Manual |
Jobs
| Office for Human Resource Development & Recruitment (HRDR) |
Leadership Development
| ALA Emerging Leaders Program |
Lifelong Learning
AASL: Learning 4 Life
ALSC: Resources to Support Reading and Lifelong Learning
Literacy
| Office for Literacy and Outreach Services |
Networking
| Chapters Social Networking (includes links to ALA Connect and other resources)|
News
| ALA Public Information Office |
To learn more about the key issues facing America’s libraries and librarians and to talk to an ALA spokesperson, please contact Macey Morales, media relations manager, at 312-280-4393, ( mmorales@ala.org).
To discuss issues that relate to ALA’s Washington, D.C., office, please contact Press Officer, 202-628-8410.
Subscriptions
AL Direct (an electronic newsletter sent to personal members of the American Library Association; anyone can subscribe)
District Dispatch (Washington Office blog; anyone can subscribe)
I Love Libraries (ILL electronic newsletter; anyone can subscribe)
Research and Statistics
Office for Research and Statistics
Students
| ALA Student Chapters | ALA Student Member Blog | Joint Student Memberships | Student-to-Staff Program |
Chapter Answers
ALA Chapters
ALA Chapter Relations Office
ALA Student Chapters
