American Library Association

The American Library Association’s mission is “To provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.” This grant will support ALA’s efforts to advocate for and defend intellectual freedom — the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the American Library Association, and a basic right and foundation of our democratic society.

The American Library Association seeks to ensure the preservation of free inclusive school, public, and academic library services as a foundation for educational and economic mobility, democratic engagement, and to promote library and information services (LIS) and the profession of librarianship. The association is leading the call for equal information access for all, including universal broadband and digital literacy, a racially and ethnically diverse LIS workforce, and the preservation of and expanded support for library services. This grant will provide general operating support.