Editing American Library Association (section)

{{Short description|American professional society}}
{{distinguish|text=[[American Literature Association]]}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = American Library Association
| image                    = American Library Association logo stacked.svg
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| size                     = 250px
| caption                  = Logo
| abbreviation             = ALA
| motto                    = 
| formation                = {{start date and age|1876|10|6}}<!-- chartered in 1879-->
| extinction               = 
| type                     = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]]<br/>[[Non-governmental organisation|NGO]]
| status                   = 
| purpose                  = 
| headquarters             = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
| location                 = Chicago and [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| region_served            = United States
| membership               = 47,247<ref> [https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/ebd%2012.4.1%20Executive%20Director%20Report%20January%202025%20update.pdf ALA Executive Director’s Report to the ALA Executive Board], January 2025  </ref>
| membership_year          = 2024
| language                 = 
| leader_title             = [[Executive Director]]
| leader_name              = [[Leslie Burger]]
| leader_title2            = [[List of presidents of the American Library Association|President]]|
| leader_name2             = [[Cindy Hohl]]<ref>[https://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/officers Executive Board]. American Library Association.</ref>
| main_organ               = 
| num_staff                = approx. 300
| num_volunteers           = 

| website                  = {{URL|www.ala.org}}
| remarks                  = 
}}

The '''American Library Association''' ('''ALA''') is a [[nonprofit organization]] based in the [[United States]] that promotes [[library|libraries]] and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world.<ref>Ghikas, Mary W. (2018). "The American Library Association," pp. 66-84 In McDonald, John D., and Michael Levine-Clark, eds. ''Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences.'' Fourth edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018.</ref><ref>ALA Membership Statistics, 1900-2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20240409035701/https://www.ala.org/membership/updates. Wayback machine. Accessed June 14, 2024</ref>