American Library Association
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- ALA
- Formation
- October 6, 1876 ; 149 years ago ( 1876-10-06 )
- Type
- Nonprofit , NGO
- Headquarters
- Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Location s
- Chicago and Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Region served
- United States
- Members
- 47,247 (2024)
- Executive director
- Daniel Montgomery
- President
- Sam Helmick
- Staff
- approximately</span>"}]]}'>approx. 165
- Website
- ala .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1876
- Location
- Chicago, United States
- Also known as
- ALA
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.432337.2 · ISNI 0000 0001 1544 1448
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- American Library Association
- Field of work
- librarian
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Chicago
- Revenue
- 50981527
- Legal form
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Official website
- www.ala.org
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- Commons category
- American Library Association
- topic's main category
- Category:American Library Association
- inception
- 1876-10-06
- short name
- ALA
- social media followers
- 10200
- Commons Creator page
- American Library Association
- different from
- ALA
- web feed URL
- www.ala.org/news/feed/press-releases/rss.xml
- language used
- English language
- donations
- 17931261
- charter URL
- www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/bylaws
- total assets
- 87135815
- sitemap URL
- www.ala.org/sitemap.xml
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Encyclopedic overview
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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “American Library Association” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.