Title: Staff Support Services

URL: http://ala.org/aboutala/offices/staffsupportsvcs

Description: The staff in the Office of Staff Support Services seek to provide a safe, efficient physical working environment for all ALA staff.

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Title: Publishing Department

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/

Description: The Publishing Department of the American Library Association provides all librarians a comprehensive, one- stop resource for print and digital materials dedicated to professional development, improving library services, and the promotion of libraries, literacy, and reading. All Net Revenues from subscriptions and product purchases are invested in the financial support of ALA’s goals and initiatives.

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Title: Public Programs Office

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/ppo

Description: The ALA Public Programs Office promotes cultural and community programming as an essential part of library service. Through professional development activities, programming resources, model programs and grant opportunities, PPO supports libraries as they fill their role as community cultural center, a place of cultural and civic engagement, where people of all backgrounds gather for reflection, discovery, participation and growth.

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Title: Office of ALA Governance

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/office

Description: The ALA Executive Office and Office of ALA Governance provide support to and facilitate the work of the Association and all its members, and specifically offer direct service and assistance to the ALA President, President-Elect the ALA Executive Board, the ALA Council and the ALA Executive Director. The ALA Executive Director oversees the administration and management of the Association. In addition, the Office of ALA Governance maintains files on the work of the ALA Immediate Past President and other ALA Past Presidents of the Association.

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Title: Office for Intellectual Freedom

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif

Description: Established December 1, 1967, the Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials.

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Title: Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/hrdr

Description: The mission of the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR) is to facilitate the development of librarianship as a profession.

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Title: Office for Diversity

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/diversity

Description: The Office for Diversity serves as a clearinghouse for diversity resources and a focal point for administering and fostering diversity as a value and key action area of the Association. The Office serves the membership through its initiatives and programs, resource development, active consultations and training on diversity issues that impact the profession, the workplace, and information service delivery. Topics include such issues as recruitment and retention; personal and professional leadership; organizational change; team and capacity building; service strategies for diverse user populations; and effective interpersonal communications.

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Title: Office for Accreditation

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/accreditation

Description: The ALA Office for Accreditation (OA) serves the general public, students, employers, and library and information studies Master's programs through the promotion and advancement of education in library and information studies.

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Title: International Relations Office

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/iro

Description: The mission of the International Relations Office (IRO) is to increase ALA's presence in the global library community, to implement ALA policies concerning international librarianship, to promote greater understanding of international librarianship and international library issues within ALA, and to manage international library activities on behalf of the ALA. To accomplish its mission the IRO coordinates ALA activities in support of official ALA delegations to international events such as book fairs and congresses; promotes international library exchanges and partnerships; recruits international librarians to become members of ALA and attend ALA conferences; responds to international inquiries concerning library issues and activities in the United States; serves as a point of contact for ALA's routine communication with international organizations to which ALA belongs, including IFLA; and provides support for the ALA International Relations Committee (IRC) and the International Relations Round Table (IRRT).

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Title: Human Resources

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/hr

Description: Our mission is to contribute to the association’s achievement of its strategic goals through the effective use of its people. We provide the association with coordinated, proactive quality services that support their business goals and objectives and are consistent with Human Resources Management principles. Working with individual business units, our staff provides expertise in problem solving, planning, and direct services in the following areas: employee relations, organizational development, strategic planning, compensation/benefits, and employee development/staffing/recruitment, to produce business- oriented results.

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Title: Conference Services

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/conference

Description: The mission of ALA Conference Services is to provide professional services and well planned events of value to ALA's members, exhibitors and staff while returning financial and long term growth.

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Title: Chapter Relations Office

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/cro

Description: The Chapter Relations Office (CRO) promotes a sense of identification between the national Association and the 57 ALA Chapters; facilitates communication between the Chapters and all ALA units (e.g., Chapter Answers, Chapter Issues, State of the Chapter Annual Report; Helping United States Libraries After Disasters), coordinates leadership development for Chapter officers (e.g., Chapter Leaders Forum), Chapter Councilors, chief paid staff members, and other Chapter leaders; strengthens membership promotion activities for ALA and the Chapters (e.g., joint membership program); coordinates the ALA Student Chapters and the ALA Student-to-Staff program and Money Smart Week; and helps raise awareness throughout the ALA of and sensitivity to Chapter advocacy and other needs (e.g., Chapter Issues, where Chapters share how they address common issues). In addition to CRO, the interests of Chapters are represented within ALA by the Chapter Relations Committee (CRC), which meets each Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference, and serves as an advisory committee to the CRO.

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Title: ALA Washington Office

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/ppa

Description: The American Library Association's Washington Office was established in 1945 to represent libraries on Capitol Hill, and now consists of the Office of Government Relations (OGR) and the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP).

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Title: ALA Library

URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/library

Description: The primary mission of the ALA Library is to help the staff of the American Library Association serve ALA members, and thereafter, the needs of the members of ALA, other libraries, and members of the public seeking information on librarianship. The ALA Library is a small special library with a collection that focuses exclusively on the history of and issues within libraries and librarianship. The Library's staff will respond to reference and information requests in accordance with this mission and collection scope.

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URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/mrs/

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URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/cmo/

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URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/donate/

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URL: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/itts/

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