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2018 ALA Annual Conference

Custom Digital Literacy Training

Every Child Ready to Read

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Responsible Jail & Prison Library Service

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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 announces library cohort for 2018 Inclusive Internship Initiative 6 days ago

PLA seeks volunteers for committees, task forces, advisory groups, and award juries 1 week ago

Public Library Association members elect Salazar as 2019-20 president; Fesemyer and Watson to board 2 weeks ago

Final Reminder: Polls close April 4 in 2018 PLA Election 3 weeks ago

PLA 2018 draws thousands of library professionals, supporters to Philadelphia 4 weeks ago

Serendipity: Seemingly Random Events, Insignificant Decisions, and Accidental Discoveries that Altered History 2 days ago

A Prescription for Graphic Medicine 1 week ago

Health and Wellness at the Library 1 week ago

San Diego’s Craft Brewing Archive 2 weeks ago

Anti-Slavery Collection at Boston Public Library Gets a Digital Makeover 2 weeks ago

May CopyTalk: Creative Commons Certificate 12 hours ago

Ready to Code library teaches Hacker Club CS and mentoring skills 1 day ago

NCWIT AspireIT Funding Opening May 1 2 days ago

Net neutrality protections still in place (for now); ALA releases new FAQ 3 days ago

School library literacy grants available 6 days ago