Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795
USA
Telephone: 312-280-4294
800-545-2433 ext. 4294
Fax: 312-280-3256
Email: olos@ala.org
website shortcut: www.ala.org/olos
Outreach Areas
Adult Literacy
Bookmobiles
Services to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered People
Services to Incarcerated People and Ex-Offenders
Services to Older Adults
Services to People of Color
Services to People with Disabilities
Services to Poor and Homeless People
Services to Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries
Other Outreach Areas
Popular Resources
OLOS Links
OLOS Toolkits
- Mobile Services Handbook
- Non-English Speakers
- Older Adults (Working Doc, final doc to be launched Winter 08)
- Rural and Small Libraries
(The Small but Powerful Guide for Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library) - Rural and Small Libraries Online Toolkit
(The Small Is Powerful Online Toolkit for Winning Support for Your Rural Library) - Tribal Libraries
- TRAILS - Tribal Library Procedure Manual 3rd Edition 2008
Outreach Columns
Events
National Gaming Day - November 15, 2008
ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits, Denver - January 23 - 28, 2009
Mission
The Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) serves the Association by identifying and promoting library services that support equitable access to the knowledge and information stored in our libraries. OLOS focuses attention on services that are inclusive of traditionally underserved populations, including new and non-readers, people geographically isolated, people with disabilities, rural and urban poor people, and people generally discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, language and social class. The Office ensures that training, information resources, and technical assistance are available to help libraries and librarians develop effective strategies to develop programs and services for library users.
Oversight Groups
- OLOS Advisory Committee
- Subcommittee on Bookmobiles
- Subcommittee on Library Services to Native Americans
- Subcommittee on Library Services to the Poor and Homeless
- Subcommittee on Older Adults
- Subcommittee on Dr. Jean E. Coleman Lecture
- Subcommittee on the Diversity and Outreach Fair
- Committee on Literacy
- Literacy Assembly
- Research-to-Practice Subcommittee
- Literacy Providers Subcommittee
- Program Subcommittee
- Committee on Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds
- Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT)
- Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
- Association for Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS)
- Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL)
- American Indian Library Association (AILA)
- Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
- Black Caucus of ALA (BCALA)
- Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
- The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA)
Staff
Satia Marshall Orange
Director
800-545-2433, ext. 4295
sorange@ala.org
- Administrative oversight of the Office, its programs, services, and initiatives
- Budget and policy matters
- Advisory questions on outreach services
- Liaison to the associations of librarians of color
Dale P. Lipschultz
Literacy Officer
800-545-2433, ext. 3275
dlipschultz@ala.org
- Advisory questions on literacy
- Verizon Literacy project
- Lila Wallace Literacy project
- Literacy programming
- ALA liaison to Build Literacy @ your library
- National Coalition for Literacy
Elliot Mandel
Program Coordinator
800-545-2433, ext. 4297
emandel@ala.org
- Liaison to the following ALA Round Tables:
- Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT)
- Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
Isaac Tufvesson
Communications Specialist
800-545-2433, ext. 2140
itufvesson@ala.org