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is the official publication of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½. It is published bimonthly, six times a year, with four quarterly digital supplements, by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½. ISSN 0002-9769. Printed in the USA. Subscription price is included in ¾«¶«´«Ã½dues. The magazine is sent to some 65,000 individuals and organizations worldwide. Press releases may be sent to:

American Libraries

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800-545-2433, ext. 4216

email: americanlibraries@ala.org

American Libraries Direct is a semiweekly electronic newsletter sent every Tuesday and Friday to personal members of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½. It supplements American Libraries magazine by providing summaries and links to news, announcements, and other information of interest to library and information science professionals.

Latest Library Links summarizes library-related news on the and is updated frequently throughout each week.

Both ¾«¶«´«Ã½members and non-members can submit news items for both AL Direct and Latest Library Links to aldirect@ala.org .

Several other units of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ publish news items in their member publications. These include:

• ALSConnect. Newsletter of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Editor/Coordinator, Laura Schulte-Cooper, lschulte@ala.org.

• College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News). Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Editor, David Free, dfree@ala.org

• Knowledge Quest. An official journal of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Managing Editor, Allison Cline, acline@ala.org

• Public Libraries. Official journal of the Public Library Association (PLA). Editor, Kathleen Hughes, khughes@ala.org

• Smart Libraries Newsletter (formerly Library Systems Newsletter). Published monthly by ¾«¶«´«Ã½TechSource, an imprint of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA). Send product announcements to Dan Freeman at dfreeman@ala.org.

For a complete listing of ¾«¶«´«Ã½periodicals, please see prepared by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½Library.