Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795
USA
Telephone: 312-280-4294
800-545-2455 ext. 4294
Fax: 312-280-3256
Email: olos@ala.org
website shortcut: www.ala.org/olos
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 & Meeting Schedules
- OLOS Advisory Committee
- Subcommittee on Library Services to Native Americans
- Subcommittee on Library Services to the Poor and Homeless
- 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
- 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)
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
Isaac Tufvesson
Communications Specialist
800-545-2433, ext. 2140
itufvesson@ala.org