ALA Standards & Guidelines
ALA's official standards and guidelines, including additional documents prepared and endorsed by various ALA units for the purpose of helping others improve library service and guide the development of best practices.
Key Documents
A list of ALA's official standards and guidelines, including additional documents prepared and endorsed by various ALA units for the purpose of helping others improve library service and guide the development of best practices.
Standards are policies which describe shared values and principles of performance for a library. Guidelines consist of procedures that will prove useful in meeting the standards. Find the complete manual here.
