To inform and advise PLA Board and staff on strategic partnership opportunities with federal agencies and national organizations with shared values and alignment with public libraries; to develop and support strategic relationships that are beneficial to
To select annually the recipient of the Allie Beth Martin Award. The recipient shall be a librarian who, in a public library setting, has demonstrated: (1) extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about books or other library materials, and (2)
To work with PLA staff to develop PLA programming for the ALA Annual Conference; to identify and develop program topics; to stimulate program development and implementation among members and membership units; to review and approve individual programs; to
To select annually a recipient of the Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award, which provides Audio Music/Video titles to a public library and is designed to promote the development of a circulating Audio Music/Video collection in
To submit a recommended budget for action to the PLA board of directors; to advise the PLA board on all fiscal matters of the division, including the fiscal implications of the division's publications and programs. Deliverables and outcomes: Each year
To select annually the recipient of the Charlie Robinson Award to honor a public library director who, over a period of at least seven years, has been a risk taker, an innovator, and/ or a change agent in a public library. The recipient should have been
Because we believe that #LibrariesTransform, we also commit to honest reflection and structural change. We acknowledge that libraries have been—and still are—complicit in systems that oppress, exclude, and harm Black people, indigenous people, and people
To advise PLA on the identification, development and evaluation of relevant, cost-effective, and emerging face-to-face and online continuing education products and services. Deliverables and outcomes: Review all proposals received in PLA’s biannual (twice
To help public libraries meet community needs related to digital literacy and use of technology; to collect and disseminate information on digital literacy resources, tools and strategies which might be applied in public library operations; to advise
To annually select the recipient of the award and an honorarium, given to a public library serving a population of 10,000 or less with an upper per capita income limit of not more than the 75th quartile of the national average that demonstrates excellence
