AkLA is a nonprofit professional organization for the employees, volunteers and advocates at academic, public, school and special libraries of all sizes in Alaska, as well as library products and services vendors. The goals of the organization are to promote vibrant libraries that deliver outstanding services to their users and to provide professional development opportunities.
The AkLA 2022 conference will be online, Feb. 24-27, 2022. Registration is now open!
Censorship Challenges
AkLA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is monitoring potential censorship and challenges to school and library materials. You can help! Read more
AkLA Stands with AA/PI & BIPOC Communities
The Alaska Library Association stands with library workers, patrons, and
the communities we serve, who are discriminated against and are subject to
violence based on their race or ethnicity. Read more
COVID-19
- Additional SLED Eresources
- Made available by vendors on a temporary basis.
- COVID-19 Health Resources
- SLED guide for COVID-19 health information especially as it relates to Alaskan communities.
- Libraries and COVID-19
- Alaska State Library guide for library staff and their communities to find resources and support.