Statements From Libraries and Library Organizations Re: Racism, Black Lives Matter, and Increased Violence
We will update this post with additional statements if/when they become available. Last Updated: July 1, 2020; 12:40 p.m. Eastern.
ALA
ALA Executive Board
Alameda County (CA) Library
ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children)
Amarillo Public Library
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
- Follow-Up Statement on Black Lives Matter & Anti-Racism
- A Message From the AALL President on Black Lives Matter
American Association of University Presses (AAUP)
AMY Regional (NC) Library
Anne Arundel County (MD) Public Library
ArchiveSpace (LYRASIS)
Arizona State University Library
Arlington (VA) Public Library Library
ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)
ASGCLA (Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies)
Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Altadena Libraries (CA)
Barrington (IL) Area Library
Black Caucus of The American Library Association (BCALA)
Boston College Libraries
Boston Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library
Brown University Library
Carmel (CA) Public Library
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carol Stream (IL) Public Library
Center For Research Libraries
- CRL Member Libraries Stand in Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement
- First Principles and Values: Black Lives Matter
Central Arkansas Library System
Charleston County (SC) Public Library
City College of New York
Cleveland Public Library
Colorado State University Libraries
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
DC Public Library
Denver Public Library
Digital Public Library of America
Emory University Libraries
Enoch Pratt Public Library (Baltimore)
Evanston (IL) Public Library
Folger Shakespeare Library
Florida State University Libraries
Free Library of Philadelphia
Georgia State University Library
Grand Rapids (MI) Public Library
Hartford Public Library
Harvard University Library
HathiTrust
Heights Libraries (OH)
Hennepin County Library
Howard County (MD) Library System
Indianapolis Public Library
IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)
Illinois Library Association
Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
Iowa State University Library
IUPUI University Library
Kansas City (MO) Public Library
King County (WA) Library System
Lexington (KY) Public Library
Library Freedom Project
Los Angeles (CA) Public Library
Medical Heritage Library
METRO (Metropolitan New York Library Council)
Mid-Continent Public Libraries (MO)
MIT Libraries and MIT Press
Multnomah (OR) County Library
Nashville Public Library
NASIG
National Library of Medicine
Nebraska Library Association
Niles-Maine (IL) District Library
Newberry Library (Chicago)
New York Public Library
New York Society Library
New York University (NYU) Libraries
Oakland (CA) Public Library
Oak Park (IL) Public Library
Oberlin Group of Libraries
OCLC
Ohio Library Council
Ohio State University Libraries
Ohio University Libraries
Orange County (FL) Library System
Orbis Cascade Alliance
ORCID
Orland Park (IL) Public Library
Pacific Northwest Library Association
PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium)
Patchogue-Medford (NY) Library
PEGI (Preservation of Electronic Government Information)
Pennsylvania Library Association
Placentia (CA) Library District
Port Washington (NY) Public Library
Prince Georges County (MD) Memorial Library System
ProQuest
Queens Public Library
REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking)
Rhode Island Library Association
River Forest (IL) Public Library
Sacramento Public Library
San Jose Public Library
Shake Heights (OH) Public Library
Sno-Isle (WA) Libraries
Springvale (ME) Public Library
Stanford Libraries
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
State Library of North Carolina
State Library of Oregon
Spokane Public Library
Syracuse University Libraries
Southwest Association of Law Libraries
Texas Digital Library
Teaneck (NJ) Public Library
Texas Library Association
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Toronto Public Library
Tulane University Libraries
Tulsa City-County Library
UCLA Library
University of Arizona Libraries
University of Arkansas Libraries
University of California, Davis Library
University of California, Irvine Libraries (UCI)
University of California, Merced
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
University of Cincinnati Libraries
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
University of Connecticut Library
University of Florida/George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Georgia Libraries
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library
University of Houston Libraries
University of Illinois at Chicago University Library
University of Iowa Libraries
University of Massachusetts Libraries
University of Miami Libraries
Univeristy of Michigan Library
University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries
University of Montana/Mansfield Library
University of North Carolina Libraries
University of North Carolina Wilmington Library
University of Oregon Libraries
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Libraries
University of South Carolina Law Library
University of Texas at Austin Libraries
University of Washington Information School
University of Washington Libraries
University of Washington-Tacoma Library
University of Wisconsin Libraries
UNLV Libraries
Urban Libraries Council
USC Libraries
Vanderbilt University (Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries)
Vassar College
Vermont Library Assocation
Villanova University Library
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
Visible Minority Librarians of Canada Network (ViMLoC)
Washington University of St. Louis (Bernard Becker Medical Library)
Wheaton College (MA) Library
Yale University Library
YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.