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To learn more about the key issues facing America’s libraries and librarians and to talk to an ALA spokesperson, please contact Macey Morales,  media relations manager, at 312-280-4393, (mmorales@ala.org).

To discuss issues that relate to ALA’s Washington DC office, please contact jterry@alawash.org, Press Officer, 202-628-8410. 

Librarians are invited to localize press materials where appropriate and to visit the Public Information Office pages for media relations tools.


Libraries Stand Ready to Serve in Tough Economic Times


ALA President Jim Rettig's op-ed in The Huffington Post

Read it here

CBS Evening News

Katie Couric's Notebook: Libraries


Americans are saving money, and keeping the looming recession at bay, by going to their local libraries to rent books, CD's, and DVD's.

Click here to view.  

NBC Nightly News


Libraries offer relief from hard times - click to watch

NPR/WAMU - The Diane Rehm Show


The Role of Libraries in Tough Economic Times - Listen

NYTimes.com - Freakonomics Blog


The Public Library Renaissance - Click here to view

Library Funding @ your library


News and information regarding library funding from the ALA Public Information Office and the Campaign for America's Libraries

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ALA Press Center


News and information for the media

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Libraries and the Economy Press Kit


Information for the media on the role of libraries in tough economic times

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