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Initiatives

Our groundbreaking initiatives do more than develop new skills—they move our profession to ever more innovative places.

We help keep public library professionals a step ahead through in-person and online education opportunities.

Our member opportunities bring public library people together, so they can strengthen what makes their library unique and invent what comes next...

Public Library Association condemns Macmillan Publishers library lending model 2 weeks ago

Upcoming free webinar focuses on data-visualization techniques 3 weeks ago

PLA names Clara Bohrer as first fiscal officer 3 weeks ago

Upcoming webinar offers guidance on starting a WiFi hotspot lending program at the library 1 month ago

PLA announces changes to Board of Directors 1 month ago

Mike Wallace Is Here, A Review 2 days ago

Performance Evaluations: What Not to Do 5 days ago

Andrea Pitzer on Concentration Camps, Library Neutrality, and Combating Misinformation 1 week ago

Peers — In Their Own Words 1 week ago

Library’s 3D Printer Makes a Difference 1 week ago

Grow with Google is coming to a library near you 8 months ago

Encouraging library patrons to participate in democracy through being poll workers 10 months ago

Subcommittee calls for FY2019 library funding increases 11 months ago

Evolution in the library ebook market 11 months ago

Encourage youth at your library to register for the 2018 Congressional App Challenge 11 months ago