American Library Association

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nonprofit organization professional association

The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
American Library Association canonical	61
American Library Association Council	2
American Library Association (through its information science programs)	1
American Library Association Publishing	1
American Library Association advocacy program	1
Library Leadership and Management Association	1
Young Adult Library Services Association	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ professional association ⓘ
accredits	library and information science programs ⓘ
awards	Alex Award ⓘ surface form: Alex Awards Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ⓘ Caldecott Medal ⓘ Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video ⓘ Coretta Scott King Book Awards ⓘ Newbery Medal ⓘ Printz Award ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	library and information science ⓘ
focusesOn	information access ⓘ intellectual freedom ⓘ literacy promotion ⓘ
foundedAt	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
foundedIn	1876 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	ALA ⓘ
hasCommittee	Office for Intellectual Freedom ⓘ
hasDivision	American Association of School Librarians ⓘ Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ⓘ Association for Library Service to Children ⓘ Association of College and Research Libraries ⓘ American Library Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Library Leadership and Management Association Library and Information Technology Association ⓘ Public Library Association ⓘ Reference and User Services Association ⓘ American Library Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Young Adult Library Services Association
hasOffice	Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services ⓘ Office for Intellectual Freedom ⓘ Washington Office ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois
language	English ⓘ
organizes	ALA Annual Conference ⓘ ALA Midwinter Meeting ⓘ
publishes	American Libraries ⓘ College & Research Libraries ⓘ Library Resources & Technical Services ⓘ Reference & User Services Quarterly ⓘ Young Adult Library Services ⓘ
purpose	accreditation of library and information science programs ⓘ advocacy for library funding and policy ⓘ development of library standards ⓘ promotion of librarianship ⓘ promotion of libraries ⓘ
regionServed	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
scope	national ⓘ
setsStandardFor	library education ⓘ
website	https://www.ala.org ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

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School of Information Sciences → accreditedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Information Sciences (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

AACR2 → publisher → American Library Association ⓘ

American Library Association → hasDivision → American Library Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Young Adult Library Services Association

American Library Association → hasDivision → American Library Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library Leadership and Management Association

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules → publisher → American Library Association ⓘ

Melvil Dewey → memberOf → American Library Association ⓘ

Melvil Dewey → founded → American Library Association ⓘ

RDA → publishedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

William Coolidge Lane → memberOf → American Library Association ⓘ

School of Information and Library Science → accreditedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Stonewall Book Award → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Margaret K. McElderry → memberOf → American Library Association ⓘ

School of Information → accreditation → American Library Association ⓘ

subject surface form: School of Information (San José State University)

Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office → collaboratesWith → American Library Association ⓘ

Newbery Medal → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Newbery Medal → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

College of Communication and Information → academicAffiliation → American Library Association ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Library Association (through its information science programs)

Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction → organizer → American Library Association ⓘ

Michael L. Printz Honor → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Michael L. Printz Honor → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

Pura Belpré Award → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Pura Belpré Award → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

Caldecott Honor → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Caldecott Honor → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

Alex Award → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Alex Award → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction → organizer → American Library Association ⓘ

ALA → standsFor → American Library Association ⓘ

American Association of School Librarians → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Association of College and Research Libraries → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Public Library Association → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Public Library Association → affiliation → American Library Association ⓘ

Reference and User Services Association → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Library and Information Technology Association → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Office for Intellectual Freedom → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Office for Intellectual Freedom → affiliation → American Library Association ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Library Association Council

Washington Office → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Office (American Library Association)

Washington Office → partOf → American Library Association ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Office (American Library Association)

this entity surface form: American Library Association advocacy program

Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services → partOf → American Library Association ⓘ

Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services → affiliation → American Library Association ⓘ

Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services → parentOrganization → American Library Association ⓘ

Caldecott Medal → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Caldecott Medal → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

Caldecott Medal → establishedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Coretta Scott King Book Awards → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Coretta Scott King Book Awards → sponsor → American Library Association ⓘ

Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video → administeredBy → American Library Association ⓘ

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction → presentedBy → American Library Association ⓘ