Public Library Association (PLA)

PLA's 2020: Year in Review

New Book! Pivoting during the Pandemic

Custom Digital Literacy Training

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...

New PLA Benchmark Briefings allows for library peer comparison 2 days ago

Ideas for pivoting during the pandemic 1 month ago

Candidates announced for 2021 Public Library Association board election 1 month ago

New PLA initiative helps public libraries prepare communities for in-demand jobs 3 months ago

Public libraries critical to health coverage during public health crisis 3 months ago

Short Story Dispenser Connects Libraries to Communities 6 hours ago

“We Aren’t Afraid to Have the Numbers, and They’ve Showed Up”—Heights Libraries on their 1619 Project Programming 16 hours ago

Why Aren’t More Public Librarians Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine? 2 days ago

Amy Gentry on Toxic Workplaces, How to Construct the Perfect Plot Twist, and Why Grad School is the Perfect Place to Become a Villain 5 days ago

Health Hazards of Librarianship: Not Just Paper Cuts 1 week ago

Call Number Podcast: Talking About Race 1 week ago

2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced 2 weeks ago

Partnering for Success in the School Library 3 weeks ago

A Shot in the Arm 3 weeks ago

ALA Announces 2021 Annual Conference Will Be Virtual 3 weeks ago