National Library Week Fund

American Library Association

The ALA Mission: Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. Our Core Values are Equity and Access, Intellectual Freedom, Sustainability, and Public Good. We champion advocacy for libraries and the profession, diversity, education and life-long learning, equitable access to information and library services, literacy, libraries strengthening communities, and we highly value our association member experience.

Libraries Without Borders US

Libraries Without Borders US (LWB US) is the American branch of the international nonprofit, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (BSF). Since 2007, BSF has delivered access to information and learning opportunities to 1.5+ million people in 50+ countries. Utilizing innovative tools, training programs, and educational resources, BSF builds new learning spaces to strengthen the capacity of people in vulnerable situations. LWB US believes that everyone deserves access to a library: a safe place to learn, create, and connect to critical resources. Since 2014, we have partnered with anchor institutions and community-based organizations to bring library resources and services to those that need them most.