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!

Chicago PD Superintendent:  
​"We survived."

Unforgettable ALA Convention

Three-Step Therapy Program for Librarians

Dating App for Librarians New Completion

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

Shelving, Schlepping, and Shushing

Librarian Hall of Fame Inductees 

ALA Conference to Feature Band Books

Gangs of Librarians to Clash in Chicago

Chicago Considers Raising Threat Level

Watch for our coverage of the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago this June!
​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).
Below:  The founders of the American Library Association.  More information on the four ALA founders can be found HERE.
Zelphia Cobden
Alvina Dickinson Fillay
Ethel Keery Kilduff
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

San Francisco Will Recover

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

Searching, Shelving, and Shushing

Will San Francisco Be Ready for the ALA?

Conference Site Changed to San Francisco

Join the ALA in Jamaica June 25 - 30:

Sandals' Security on High Alert


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!"


Pictured at the left:  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.