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The Public Library Association enhances the development and effectiveness of public library staff and public library services.

News from PLA

• Learn about the new Communities of Practice (CoP)
• Leadership Fellows Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the nation's top Executive Programs
  
• View the 2008 PLA Election Results
• Boot Camp is back! Applications are now being accepted for Results Boot Camp 4.
• Call for "Perspectives" essays for Public Libraries magazine.
• PLA Programs and PLA President's Reception with Jamie Lee Curtis at ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA
• 2008 PLDS Order Forms Available
• CPLA Courses - Register for PLA's Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA) courses
• Updated Service Responses available for download at ALA Online Store
• New PLA publication addresses emergency response
• Vist PLA's National Conference Site for Information on Handouts and Recordings
• Expand your early literacy effort with Nursery Rhymes, Songs and Fingerplays. 
• Meet our PLA Partners

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