Library Associations: ALA launches “Ask the ALA Librarian” service

American Libraries - the flagship magazine of the American Library Association (ALA), is partnering on a new blog with the ALA Library to deliver sought-after information based on the current crop of frequently asked questions. ALA Library staff will blog daily on “Ask the ALA Librarian,” offering another way to stay on top of library-related issues that are on people’s minds.

The ALA Library is both the in-house special library for ALA staff and the “librarian’s library”. The library’s staff answers more than 500 questions a month about the ALA - its activities, history, positions, and policies - and about librarianship in general. The questions come from all over the world, from members, publishers, authors, students and others interested in libraries.