Professional Organizations

American Library Association (ALA)
http://www.ala.org

ALA includes 11 subdivisions:

• American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
  http://www.ala.org/aasl

• Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA)
  http://www.ala.org/alta

• Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)
  http://www.ala.org/alcts

• Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
  http://www.ala.org/alsc

• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
  http://www.ala.org/acrl

• Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
  http://www.ala.org/ascla

• Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA)
  http://www.ala.org/lama

• Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
  http://www.ala.org/lita

• Public Library Association (PLA)
  http://www.ala.org/pla

• Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)
  http://www.ala.org/rusa

• Young Adult Library Services Association
  http://www.ala.org/yalsa

American Society for Information Science and Technology(ASIST)
http://www.asis.org

Association for Library & Information Science Education(ALISE)
http://www.alise.org

Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
http://www.arl.org

Maryland Library Association (MLA)
http://www.mdlib.org/

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/

Society of American Archivists (SAA)
http://www.archivists.org

Special Libraries Association (SLA)
http://www.sla.org

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