AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
LIRC provides leadership and expert advice to ALA staff, members, and the public on all matters related to research and statistics about libraries and librarians; represents the Association to federal agencies on these issues; and initiates projects needed to expand the knowledge base of the field through research and the collection of useful statistics.The American Library Association Library is a special library, with a tightly defined purpose and collection focus: to provide information needed by ALA staff as they carry out the work of the Association; to provide information to members and others who contact ALA with questions about librarians, librarianship and ALA programs; and to use available information technologies to the fullest extent possible. The Library develops resources and pathfinders to frequently requested content and also serves as liaison to the ALA Archives.
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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
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Donate | Assistance | Trustees | Staff | Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt | Articles | Videos | Brochure | ReportsThe LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt. It is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees' opinion, are: Denied employment rights or discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, age, disability, or place of national origin; Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom, including promotion of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the freedom of librarians to select items for their collections from all the world’s written and recorded information, and defense of privacy rights.