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• Committees
  • ALA Staff Committee on War Mobilization

    Defunct committee (1950-1951)
  • Committees of Council
    • Budget Analysis & Review Committee (BARC)
      • Reports
    • Committee on Committees
      • Reports
    • Committee on Diversity
      • Reports
    • Committee on Education
      • Reports
    • Committee on Legislation
      • Reports
      • Resolutions

        Resolutions authored by or of interest to ALA's Committee on Legislation
    • Committee on Library Advocacy
      • Reports
    • Committee on Organization
      • Reports
    • Committee on Professional Ethics
      • Reports
    • Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL)
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Reports
    • Council Orientation Committee
      • Reports
    • Intellectual Freedom Committee
      • Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom
      • Reports
      • Resolutions
    • International Relations Committee
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Reports
    • Policy Monitoring Committee
      • Reports
    • Public Awareness Committee
      • Reports
    • Publishing Committee
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Reports
    • Resolutions Committee
      • Reports
  • Committees of the Association
    • Accreditation
      • Actions Taken
      • Governance
      • Reports
    • American Libraries Advisory
      • Reports
    • Appointments
      • Reports
    • Awards
      • Manuals
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      • Reports
      • ALA General Awards
        • ALA Medal of Excellence

          Formerly Melvil Dewey Medal
        • Alice Knapp-Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children
        • Broward County Library-ALA Information Today Library of the Future Award
        • Cumberland County Library System-H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant
        • EBSCO Annual - ALA Conference Sponsorship
        • EBSCO Midwinter - ALA Conference Sponsorship
        • Em Claire Knowles-Equality Award
        • Ernest A. DiMattia Jr. Award for Innovation and Services to Community and Profession
        • Excellence in Library Programming Award
        • Free Library of Philadelphia-Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation
        • Gale a Cengage Company Financial Development Award
        • Heather Ogilvie-Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity
        • John Budd-Beta Phi Mu
        • Lesley Farmer-Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
        • Mary Ghikas-Joseph W. Lippincott Award
        • Nora Wiltse-Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award
        • Paul Howard Award for Courage
        • Schneider Family Book Awards
        • Scholastic Library Publishing Award
        • W. Y. Boyd Literary Award
    • Chapter Relations
      • Reports
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      • Reports
    • Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services Advisory
      • Spectrum Advisory Committee
    • Election
      • Election Instructions and Forms
      • Election Results
      • Reports
    • Human Resource Development & Recruitment Advisory
      • Reports
    • Information Technology Policy Advisory
      • Reports
    • Literacy
      • Reports
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      • Reports
    • Membership
      • Reports
    • Membership Meetings
      • Reports
    • Public & Cultural Programs Advisory
      • Reports
    • Research & Statistics
      • Publications
      • Reports
    • Rural, Native & Tribal Libraries of All Kinds
      • Publications
      • Reports
    • Scholarship & Study Grants
      • Reports
    • Training, Orientation & Leadership Development
      • Reports
    • Website Advisory Committee
      • Reports
  • Joint Committees
    • ALA/Beta Phi Mu Distinguished Lecture Committee
    • ALA-Children's Book Council Joint Committee
    • Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums (CALM)
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications
      • Wiki and Webpages
    • Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information (MARBI)
    • SAA/ALA Joint Committee on Library-Archives Relationships
      • Statements
  • Special Committees
    • Reports
• Divisions
  • American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
    • Governance
    • Board of Directors
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
    • Annual Reports
    • Governance
    • Library Resources & Technical Services
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
    • Publications
    • Task Force Reports
    • Acquisitions Section (AS)
      • Annual Reports
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications
    • Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS)
      • Annual Reports
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications
      • Subject Analysis Committee
        • Reports
    • Collection Management Section (CMS)
      • Annual Reports
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications
    • Continuing Resources Section (CRS)
      • Annual Reports
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications
    • Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS)
      • Annual Reports
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications
      • Oral Histories
        • Commercial Binderies
        • Preservation Librarians
  • Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
    • ALSC Matters Newsletter
    • Annual Reports
    • Awards Manuals
    • Award Speeches
    • Children and Libraries: The Journal of ALSC
    • Everyday Advocacy Matters Newsletter
    • May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture
    • Book & Media Lists
      • Book Lists (ALA-Children’s Book Council Joint Committee, with cooperation from Quicklists Consulting Committee)
      • Book Lists (Quicklists Consulting Committee)
      • Book Lists (Quicklists Consulting & School-Age Programs and Services Committees)
      • Book Lists (School-Age Programs and Services Committee)
      • Notable Children’s Books
    • Leadership
      • Governance Manuals
      • Board of Directors
        • Board Actions
        • Board Agenda
        • Board Attendance Forms
        • Board Documents
        • Board Minutes
      • Committees
        • Board Action Requests/Resulting Board Action
        • Correspondence/Additional Materials
        • Reports (Quarterly and Year-End)
      • Executive Committee
        • Agenda
        • Attendance Forms
        • Documents
        • Minutes
      • Task Forces
        • Charge
        • Correspondence/Additional Materials
        • Final Report
        • Recommendations & Board Actions
        • Reports
  • Association for Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
    • Publications
      • Interface
  • Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
    • Guidelines, Standards, and Frameworks
    • Publications
    • Recordings
    • Board of Directors
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
    • Committees
      • Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • ACRL/LLAMA Interdivisional Committee on Building Resources
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Appointments Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Budget & Finance Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • CHOICE Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • C&RL Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • C&RL News Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Diversity Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • (Dr. E.J.) Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Government Relations Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Immersion Program Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Information Literacy Frameworks and Standards Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Leadership Recruitment and Nomination Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Liaisons Assembly Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Liaisons Coordinating Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Liaisons Grants Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Liaisons Training and Development Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Membership Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • New Publications Advisory Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • New Roles and Changing Landscapes Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • President's Program Planning Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Professional Development Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Professional Values Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications Coordinating Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Publications in Librarianship Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • RBM Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Research and Scholarly Environment Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Research Planning and Review Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Resources for College Libraries Editorial Board
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Section Membership Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Standards Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Value of Academic Libraries Committee
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
    • Sections
      • African American Studies Librarians Section (AFAS - Former Section)
        • AFAS Newsletter
        • Governance
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
        • Publications
      • Anthropology and Sociology Section (ANSS)
        • ANSS Currents
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Arts Section (Arts)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Section (AAMES - Former Section)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • College Libraries Section (CLS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Digital Scholarship Section (DSS)
      • Distance Learning Section (DLS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS)
        • Audiovisuals
        • Events
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
        • Newsletter
        • Section Documents
      • European Studies Section (ESS)
        • Research & Planning Committee
          • Reports
      • Instruction Section (IS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Literatures in English Section (LES)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Politics, Policy & International Relations Section (PPIRS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
        • RBMS Newsletter
        • Committees
          • Bibliographic Standards Committee
            • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
          • Conference Development Committee
            • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
          • Conference Program Planning Committee
            • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
          • Exhibition Awards Committee
            • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
          • Preconference Program Planning Committee
            • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
          • Seminars Committee
            • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
        • Conferences
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          • 2018 Conference
          • 2019 Conference
      • Science and Technology Section (STS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Slavic and East European Section (SEES - Former Section)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • University Libraries Section (ULS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Western European Studies Section (WESS - Former Section)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS)
        • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
        • Newsletter
  • Library & Information Technology Association (LITA)
    • Annual Reports
    • Budget
    • LITA Newsletter
    • Other Reports
    • Board of Directors
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA)
    • Publications
  • Public Library Association (PLA)
    • Publications
    • Public Libraries Magazine
    • Webinars and Online Programs
    • Board of Directors
      • Annual Reports
      • Board Materials
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
    • Bookmobiles
      • Publications
    • PLA Conference
      • PLA Daily News
      • Program Books
  • Reference & User Services Association (RUSA)
    • Presentations
    • AFL-CIO/ALA Labor Committee
    • Awards
      • Best Historical Materials
      • Notable Books List
      • Outstanding Business Reference Sources
      • Outstanding Reference Sources
    • Sections
      • Business Reference And Services Section (BRASS)
        • Conference Documents
        • Rosters
      • Emerging Technologies Section (ETS)
        • Goals
        • Meeting Minutes & Agendas
        • Section Reviews
  • United for Libraries
    • Publications
  • Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
    • Governance
    • Young Adult Library Services

      YALSA's jounral on library services for and with teens.
    • Reports
      • Executive Director Reports
      • Grant Project Reports
      • President's Reports
• Executive Board and Council
  • Committees & Taskforces
    • ALA Special Presidential Ad Hoc Committee on External Relationships (ASPAHCER)
    • Committee Information Update Reports
    • Task Force on Electronic Member Participation
  • Council
    • Historical Council Minutes Indices (1909-1994)
    • Policy Statements
    • Transcripts of Open Meetings
    • Council Meetings
      • APA Documents
      • Audio Recordings of Council Sessions
      • Council Actions
      • Council Attendance and Voting Tallies
      • Council Documents
      • Membership Documents
      • Memorials
      • Tributes
    • Policy Reference File
      • A.01 Mission, Priority Areas, Goals
      • A.02 Membership
      • A.03 Trustees
      • A.04 Governing Structure
      • A.05 Elections and Appointments and Attendant Responsibilities
      • A.06 Finances
      • A.07 Conference and Meetings
      • A.08 ALA Publications
      • A.09 Awards
      • A.10 Relationships to Other Organizations
      • B.01 Core Values, Ethics, and Core Competences
      • B.02 Intellectual Freedom
      • B.03 Diversity
      • B.04 Equity and Access
      • B.05 Libraries and the Public Good
      • B.06 International Relations
      • B.07 Library Education
      • B.08 Services and Responsibilities of Libraries
      • B.09 Library Personnel Practices
      • B.10 Research and Statistics
      • B.11 Public Relations
      • Obsolete Policies
  • Executive Board
    • Actions
    • Audio Recordings of Open Meetings of Executive Board
    • Conference Call Minutes (Notes)
    • Historical Executive Board Minutes Indices (1906-1993)
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
    • Rosters
    • Speeches and Addresses
    • Transcripts of Open Meetings
    • ALA President
      • Schuman, Patricia G.

        ALA President from 1991-1992
    • Executive Board Meeting Documents
      • Agendas, Calendars and Schedules (9 series)
      • ALA Council and Other Committees Documents (10 series)
      • ALA Development Office/Grants (6 series)
      • BARC/Budget/Financial Documents (3 series)
      • Endowment Trustees Documents and Reports (13 series)
      • Finance and Audit Documents (4 series)
      • General Documents (1 series)
      • Info Items
      • Minutes of the Board (2 series)
      • Monthly Financial Reports (14 series)
      • Other Committees of the Board (5 series)
      • Other Special Committees (Series 8)
      • Presidential Projects/Reports (7 series)
      • Reports and Documents from ALA Headquarters (including Divisions and Offices) (12 series)
• Member Papers and Publications
  • Theses, Dissertations, and Academic Papers
  • Personal Papers
    • Plummer, Mary Wright
  • Publications
• Offices
  • Chapter Relations Office
  • Conference Services
    • Annual Conference Proceedings - Published
    • Annual Conference Proceedings - Unpublished
    • Annual Conference Program Books
    • Cognotes
    • Local Arrangements Committee
    • Midwinter Meeting Program Books
    • Souvenir Programs and Scrapbooks
  • Development Office
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Human Resources
    • Publications
  • Information Technology & Telecommunication Services
    • Proposals and Reports
  • International Relations Office (IRO)
    • American Library in Paris
    • American Library School in Paris
    • Publications
  • Library
    • Press Releases
    • Publications
    • Archives
      • Creation of ALA
      • Creation of ALAIR
      • Instructions and Forms
  • Membership Development Office
    • Membership Accession Books
    • Statistics
    • Surveys and Results
  • Office for Accreditation
    • Prism
    • Standards, Process, Policies and Procedures
  • Office for Diversity
    • Publications
  • Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
    • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observation and Sunrise Celebration
    • Empowerment Newsletter
    • Publications
  • Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR)
  • Office for Information Technology Policy
  • Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
    • Publications
    • Banned Books Week
      • Books Challeneged or Banned

        Annual bibliographies of challenged or banned books.
      • Graphics
  • Office for Library Advocacy (OLA)
  • Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
  • Office for Research and Statistics
    • Publications
  • Office of ALA Governance
    • ALA Handbook of Organization
    • Strategic Plans
    • Executive Director
      • Library/USA Exhibit File
      • Headquarters
        • Staff Publications
  • Office of Government Relations
  • Public Information Office (PIO)
    • Annual Reports
    • Press Releases
    • Surveys and Results
  • Public Policy and Advocacy

    Formerly the Washington Office
    • 2020 Census Task Force
    • ALA Washington Newsletter
    • ALA Washington Office Newsline
    • Comments, Amicus Briefs, and Other Filings
    • COVID 2019 Public Policy and Advocacy Collection
    • Issue Briefs
    • National Library Legislative Day
    • Office and Coalition Letters
    • Publications
    • Testimony
  • Public Programs Office
    • Discussion Series

      Project records from ALA Public Programs Office discussion programs
    • Exhibits

      Project records from ALA Public Programs Office library exhibition programs
    • Professional Development

      Records from ALA Public Programs Office-sponsored professional development opportunities.
    • Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee (PCPAC)

      Records from the Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee (PCPAC), an advisory board for the ALA Public Programs Office.
    • Reports

      Reports published by the ALA Public Programs Office
    • Research

      Publications and other reports from research and evaluation conducted by and on behalf of the ALA Public Programs Office
  • Publishing
    • Handbook of Organization
    • ALA Editions
      • Approval Plan Bulletins
    • American Libraries
      • American Libraries Direct

        Weekly e-newsletter published by American Libraries.
      • American Libraries Magazine
      • State of America's Libraries
• Related Groups and Organizations
  • ALA Allied Professional Association
  • Freedom to Read Foundation
    • Freedom to Read Foundation News

      Newsletter for the Freedom to Read Foundation
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
• Round Tables
  • Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)
    • Armenian Librarians and Libraries Information Committee (ALLIC)
      • Bibliographies
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Programming
      • Reports
    • Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee
      • Discussion Guides
      • Governance
      • Publicity
    • Executive Board
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Exhibits Round Table (ERT)
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT)

    Now merged with Association of Specialized, Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA)
    • Annual Reports
    • Federal Librarian Newsletter
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Film & Media Round Table
    • Annual Program Committee
    • Board Meeting Minutes and Documents
    • Bylaws Committee
    • Communication Committee
    • Digital Media Discussion Group
    • Events
    • Gala Program Committee
    • Governance
    • Membership Committee
    • Multimedia Production Discussion Group
    • Nominations Committee
    • Notable Videos for Adults Award Committee
  • Games & Gaming Round Table (GAMERT)
  • Government Documents (GODORT)
    • Conference Documents
    • Directories
    • DttP: Documents to the People
    • From the Chair
    • GODORT Occasional Papers
    • Governance
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT)
  • Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT)
    • Intellectual Freedom News
    • Intellectual Freedom Round Table Report
    • Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • International Relations (IRRT)
    • Governance
    • International Leads
    • Executive Board
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Learning Round Table (LearnRT)
    • Publications
  • Library History Round Table (LHRT)
    • Bibliography of Writings on the History of Libraries, Librarianship, Information, and Book Culture
    • LHRT Newsletter
  • Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)
    • Governance
    • LIRT News
    • Publications
    • Top Twenty Instruction Articles
  • Library Research Round Table (LRRT)
  • Library Support Staff Interests (LSSIRT)
    • LSSIRT Newsletter
  • Map and Geospatial Information (MAGIRT)
    • base line
    • Budget
    • Bylaws
    • Cataloging
    • Education
    • Emerging Leaders
    • Event Photographs
    • General Documents
    • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
    • OPOC
    • Organizational Manual
    • Organization Documents
    • Past Programs
    • Presentations
  • New Members Round Table (NMRT)
    • Meeting Minutes and Reports
  • Rainbow Round Table

    Formerly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT)
    • Bibliographies
    • Bylaws
    • GLBTRT Newsletter
    • Executive Board
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Religious Books Round Table

    Former Round Table (1916-1957)
    • Outstanding Religious Books
  • Retired Members Round Table (RMRT)
  • Round Table Coordinating Assembly
  • Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
    • Social Responsibilities Round Table Newsletter
    • Feminist Task Force (FTF)
      • Amelia Bloomer Project
      • Conferences
      • Meeting Minutes and Agendas
      • Women In Libraries

        The Newsletter of the American Library Association SRRT Feminist Task Force
  • Staff Organizations Round Table (SORT)
  • Sustainability Round Table
    • Publications
  • The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT)