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Our Mission

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¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âPublishing & Media provides all library employees 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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Imprints, Initiatives & Projects

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¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âEditions | ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âNeal-Schuman

publish books and ebooks used worldwide by tens of thousands of library and information professionals, scholars, students, and educators to improve programs, build on best practices, enhance pedagogy, make informed technology decisions, develop leadership, and for personal professional development.

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¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âDigital Reference

provides native digital resources to support the work of librarians. , the primary product of Digital Reference, is a subscription website that is the best way to interact with RDA: Resource Description and Access, an international standard that facilitates and advances the creation and exchange of bibliographic data.

RDA is owned by RDA Copyright Holders—the ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â, the Canadian Federation of Library Associations, and Facet Publishing (the publishing arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the UK), and is maintained and developed through the cooperation of an international group of cataloguing professionals.

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¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âGraphics

has been producing unique posters, bookmarks, and promotional items in support of libraries, literacy, and reading since 1975. Home of the iconic Celebrity READ® poster campaign and exclusive art from award-winning children’s book illustrators, ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âGraphics is also the official source of promotional materials for National Library Week, Library Card Sign-up Month, and Banned Books Week among other events. ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âGraphics’ ancillary print-on-demand gift shop () features a wide selection of clothing, accessories, gifts, and more.

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American Libraries

American Libraries, the magazine of the ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â, offers a suite of print and electronic publications, appearing 6 times per year in print as well as the weekly e-newsletter AL Direct; a monthly podcast, Call Number; the streaming webinar AL Live; and daily updates on AmericanLibraries.org and social media platforms. Since 1907 when the original ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âBulletin was launched, American Libraries has kept readers informed in print and (increasingly) online, keeping library and information science and technology workers in touch with the profession’s most current concerns.

Booklist

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Booklist Publications

is the book review magazine of the ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿â, considered an essential collection development and readers’-advisory tool by thousands of librarians since 1905. Subscriptions to Booklist include full access to , which includes digital editions of Booklist, a growing archive of 200,000+ reviews published since 1990, as well as a wealth of , , Booklist’s Shelf Care Podcast, and . Booklist subscribers also receive Booklist’s magazine for library patrons, Booklist Reader, digitally (Booklist Reader in print is available for an additional fee), and Book Links, which connects books to classroom curricula.

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Staff

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George Kendall
Interim Director,
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gkendall@ala.org

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Sanhita SinhaRoy
Editor & Publisher,
American Libraries
ssinharoy@ala.org

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George Kendall
Editor & Publisher,
Booklist Publications
gkendall@ala.org

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Angela Gwizdala
Publisher, ¸Û°Ą̈ͼ¿âEditions |
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agwizdala@ala.org

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James Hennelly
Director,
Digital Reference

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Rachel Johnson
Director,
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Mary Jo Bolduc
Licensing & Permissions Manager

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Tim Clifford
Manager,
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tclifford@ala.org