The Alabama Library Association

The Alabama Library Association (ALLA) is a non-profit corporation formed to encourage and promote the welfare of libraries and professional interests of librarians in the State of Alabama. The Mission of the Alabama Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, advocacy, and improvement of library and information services and to promote the profession of librarianship, in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. Want to help the Alabama Library Association? Consider making a donation.

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ALLA's Statement Against Censorship Attempts

From the President

Fellow Librarians, Library Staff Members, and Library Friends,

As I begin my term as president of the Alabama Library Association, I am deeply aware of both the challenges and the resilience of libraries across our state. In a time of political pressure, budget uncertainty, and growing scrutiny, library workers continue to serve their communities with professionalism, compassion, and dedication. You uphold our core values of service, intellectual freedom, literacy, and access to information, while also showing patrons how to use the copier. Whether in public, school, academic, or special libraries, you provide access, education, connection,
and opportunity every day.

Despite these challenging times, I remain hopeful. The strength of libraries has always rested in the people who make them welcoming, trusted spaces for their communities. From helping children discover a love of reading to guiding job seekers and supporting students, your work changes lives in meaningful ways.

Thank you for your advocacy, courage, and commitment to service. The Alabama Library Association exists because of you, and I am grateful for all you do to strengthen our communities and our state. As we move forward together, let us continue supporting one another and carrying out the enduring mission of libraries: to inform, educate, connect, and inspire.

It is an honor to serve alongside you.

With gratitude and hope,
Mary Campbell
Director, Pelham Public Library

President, 2026-2027

The Benefits of Membership

Your membership to the Association will entitle you to a number of benefits including reduced registration for workshops and conferences; networking with library personnel statewide, vendors, and elected officials; notification of issues concerning libraries by receiving state and national news briefs, listserv discussions, and flyers promoting activities of interest; and many more. See the complete list of benefits at our Membership Benefits page.

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ALLA COMmunicator

ALLA COMmunicator is the Association's quarterly newsletter. The COMmunicator will keep our members up-to-date on the Association. Each edition will include highlights from the Executive Council meetings, upcoming events, and calls to action. We encourage our members and those interested in the Association to keep up-to-date with us by reading each new edition of the ALLA COMmunicator.