ALA Council

Colleagues, ALA will release the following statement to members this morning:

ALA vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats  

November 6, 2024  

In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.  

"We know that many of our members are concerned that the election results portend attacks on libraries, library workers, and readers," said ALA President Cindy Hohl. "Whatever happens, ALA will stand up for all Americans' freedom to read – and we will need everyone who loves libraries to stand with us."  

To support ALA's advocacy and defense of intellectual freedom, please join or donate to ALA.  

I'm new to Council, and I mean this in the most constructive way possible, but is this really all we're going to say to all the queer, trans, and POC library workers today who are worried and scared, not just for our livelihoods in libraries but for our very ways of life? Surely we have more to say to our members, many of whom are likely to be barely holding it together today and looking to the ALA for some reassurance, than that we will defend the freedom to read? What about defense of our members from hate, harassment, and emboldened attacks on ourselves as workers? Surely we as an organization can at least commit to that much. 

Colleagues, ALA will release the following statement to members this morning:

ALA vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats  

November 6, 2024  

In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.  

"We know that many of our members are concerned that the election results portend attacks on libraries, library workers, and readers," said ALA President Cindy Hohl. "Whatever happens, ALA will stand up for all Americans' freedom to read – and we will need everyone who loves libraries to stand with us."  

To support ALA's advocacy and defense of intellectual freedom, please join or donate to ALA.  

I'm new to Council, and I mean this in the most constructive way possible, but is this really all we're going to say to all the queer, trans, and POC library workers today who are worried and scared, not just for our livelihoods in libraries but for our very ways of life? Surely we have more to say to our members, many of whom are likely to be barely holding it together today and looking to the ALA for some reassurance, than that we will defend the freedom to read? What about defense of our members from hate, harassment, and emboldened attacks on ourselves as workers? Surely we as an organization can at least commit to that much. 

Colleagues, ALA will release the following statement to members this morning:

ALA vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats  

November 6, 2024  

In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.  

"We know that many of our members are concerned that the election results portend attacks on libraries, library workers, and readers," said ALA President Cindy Hohl. "Whatever happens, ALA will stand up for all Americans' freedom to read – and we will need everyone who loves libraries to stand with us."  

To support ALA's advocacy and defense of intellectual freedom, please join or donate to ALA.  

I'm new to Council, and I mean this in the most constructive way possible, but is this really all we're going to say to all the queer, trans, and POC library workers today who are worried and scared, not just for our livelihoods in libraries but for our very ways of life? Surely we have more to say to our members, many of whom are likely to be barely holding it together today and looking to the ALA for some reassurance, than that we will defend the freedom to read? What about defense of our members from hate, harassment, and emboldened attacks on ourselves as workers? Surely we as an organization can at least commit to that much. 

Colleagues, ALA will release the following statement to members this morning:

ALA vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats  

November 6, 2024  

In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.  

"We know that many of our members are concerned that the election results portend attacks on libraries, library workers, and readers," said ALA President Cindy Hohl. "Whatever happens, ALA will stand up for all Americans' freedom to read – and we will need everyone who loves libraries to stand with us."  

To support ALA's advocacy and defense of intellectual freedom, please join or donate to ALA.  

I'm new to Council, and I mean this in the most constructive way possible, but is this really all we're going to say to all the queer, trans, and POC library workers today who are worried and scared, not just for our livelihoods in libraries but for our very ways of life? Surely we have more to say to our members, many of whom are likely to be barely holding it together today and looking to the ALA for some reassurance, than that we will defend the freedom to read? What about defense of our members from hate, harassment, and emboldened attacks on ourselves as workers? Surely we as an organization can at least commit to that much. 

Colleagues, ALA will release the following statement to members this morning:

ALA vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats  

November 6, 2024  

In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.  

"We know that many of our members are concerned that the election results portend attacks on libraries, library workers, and readers," said ALA President Cindy Hohl. "Whatever happens, ALA will stand up for all Americans' freedom to read – and we will need everyone who loves libraries to stand with us."  

To support ALA's advocacy and defense of intellectual freedom, please join or donate to ALA.  

I'm new to Council, and I mean this in the most constructive way possible, but is this really all we're going to say to all the queer, trans, and POC library workers today who are worried and scared, not just for our livelihoods in libraries but for our very ways of life? Surely we have more to say to our members, many of whom are likely to be barely holding it together today and looking to the ALA for some reassurance, than that we will defend the freedom to read? What about defense of our members from hate, harassment, and emboldened attacks on ourselves as workers? Surely we as an organization can at least commit to that much. 

Colleagues, ALA will release the following statement to members this morning:

ALA vows to defend intellectual freedom and access to information against political threats  

November 6, 2024  

In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats.  

"We know that many of our members are concerned that the election results portend attacks on libraries, library workers, and readers," said ALA President Cindy Hohl. "Whatever happens, ALA will stand up for all Americans' freedom to read – and we will need everyone who loves libraries to stand with us."  

To support ALA's advocacy and defense of intellectual freedom, please join or donate to ALA.