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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