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The American Library Association ~ Proud Sponsor Of The ELD Museum


ALA Sets NOLA Record:

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News from Past Conferences:

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Join us next year in New Orleans:
Come Get Drunk On Books!

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Chicago PD Superintendent:  
​"We survived."

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Unforgettable ALA Convention

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Three-Step Therapy Program for Librarians

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Dating App for Librarians New Completion

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For more information about the DateDue app for librarians, click HERE.

Shelving, Schlepping, and Shushing

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Librarian Hall of Fame Inductees 

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ALA Conference to Feature Band Books

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Gangs of Librarians to Clash in Chicago

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Chicago Considers Raising Threat Level

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Watch for our coverage of the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago this June!

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​Scroll down for our coverage of the ALA conferences in Orland (2016), San Francisco (2015), and Las Vegas (2014).
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The ALA has been a proud sponsor
of the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum (above the coin-op Laundromat on Dickinson Boulevard) since the museum opened in 1962.

Pictured at the right:  The National Headquarters of the American Library Association in historic Washerst, PA, birthplace of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).
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Below:  The founders of the American Library Association.  More information on the four ALA founders can be found HERE.
Zelphia Cobden
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Alvina Dickinson Fillay
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Ethel Keery Kilduff
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Eustace Eastwood
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Check out "DateDue," our new dating App for librarians.  Click HERE.

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Info & News from the 2016 ALA Conference in Orlando, Florida

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Info & News from the 2015 ALA Conference in San Francisco

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Librarians Clash on the Streets of SF

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San Francisco Will Recover

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New Dating App Exclusively for Librarians

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Want to check out "DateDue" for yourself?  Click HERE.

Folio The Cat Opens 2015 ALA Conference

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Searching, Shelving, and Shushing

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Will San Francisco Be Ready for the ALA?

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Conference Site Changed to San Francisco

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Join the ALA in Jamaica June 25 - 30:

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Sandals' Security on High Alert

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ALA 2015 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

The ALA 2015 annual conference and exhibition will be held at Sandals European Village & Spa in Jamaica.

This year's theme is "Let's Check Each Other Out!"



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Concurrent sessions are filling up!  Be sure to register early for these popular sessions as limited seating is left!  Click the image to enlarge!
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Info & News from the 2014 ALA Conference in Las Vegas 



Pictured at the right:  Some of last year's most popular sessions from the annual conference and exhibition in Las Vegas.

Below:  Various news stories from the Las Vegas conference.  Click the images to enlarge.


OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST:

"Gambling With The Future of Libraries," click HERE.

"Librarians Get No Respect," click HERE.

"The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth," click HERE.

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