美国图书馆协会ALA成立于1876年,是世界上成立最早、规模最大的图书馆及图书馆工作人员专业协会,现有成员64,000多名,分别来自美国50个州的117,000所图书馆,包括公共图书馆、学校、学院和大学图书馆、医院、法律、商业和军队图书馆 American Library Association Founded in 1876, ALA is the oldest and largest professional association of library and library staff members in the world with more than 64,000 members and 117,000 libraries from 50 U.S. states, including public Libraries, schools, colleges and university libraries, hospitals, law, commercial and military libraries