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The ALA Library receives inquiries from librarians across the country and around the world, as well as from the general public, on a wide variety of library topics. We have prepared these resource guides to provide answers to the most asked-about topics concerning libraries.

Click on an icon below to get more information on library-related topics, or see all resource topics listed alphabetically on this page. 

 
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Black icon of stylized turtle with text that reads All Nations
Icons of speech bubbles and a book with text that reads Book Discussion Groups
Black graphic of stack of books with text that reads Book Donation Programs
Icon on bookmobile with text that reads Bookmobiles
Icon of hammer and wrench with text that reads Building Libraries and Library Additions
Icon of desktop computer with Cataloging Rules & Resources
Copyright symbol with text that reads Copyright for Libraries
Icons of letter A and book with text that reads Definition of a Library
Icons of magnifying glass and books with text that reads Evaluating Information
Icons of books with text that reads Filing Rules
Icon of piggy bank with text that reads Financial Literacy in Public Libraries
Icon of comic action bubble with text that reads Gun Violence and Libraries
Icon of clipboard and pencil with text that reads Health Information in Libraries
Icons of a desktop computer, a tablet and a mobile phone, with text that reads: Implementing Library Technology
Icon of a book with arrows, with text that reads: Interlibrary Loans
Image of a barcode with text that reads ISBN and ISSN Systems
Icons of people and a building with text that reads: Joint-Use Libraries
Icons of prison bars and book with text that reads libraries and incarceration
Icon of building and book with text that reads Libraries Transform: The Expert in the School Library
Icon of library card with text that reads Library Cards
Icon of a clipboard with text that reads Library Disaster Preparedness
Image: building and gear Text: Library Equipment
Icon of sheet of paper with text that reads Library Policy Development
Icon of box and icon of checklist with text that reads Library Products and Services
Disability icons with text that reads Library Service to Persons with Disabilities
Icon of paper with seal with text that reads Library Standards
Icons of line and bar graphs with text that reads Library Statistics and Figures
Icon of megaphone with text that reads Marketing to Libraries
Icon of a moving truck with text that reads Moving a Library
Icon of a person holding an open book with text that reads: National Library Symbol
Icon of person in center with arrows pointing to other persons with text that reads: Outsourcing and Privatization
Icon of hand holding an open book with text that reads Preservation
Icon of computer with text that reads Programming with Library of Congress Digital Collections
Icons of an ear, an eye and a website with text that reads: Recommended listening, viewing and websites
Icons of a winner's medal and an open books with text that reads: Recommended Reading
Icons of prohibition sign and an open book with text that reads: Researching Banned or Challenged Books
Icon of the RFID symbol with text that reads: RFID and Libraries
Icon of security badge with text that reads: Safety and Security in Libraries
Icon of library building with text that reads Setting up a Library
Icon of a sun over an open book with text that reads: Summer Reading Programs
Icons of earth and open hands with text that reads: Sustainability and Libraries