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The ALA Committee on Diversity and the ALA Membership Committee approved the work of a task force to develop a member demographics questionnaire.  This ongoing member survey helps ALA take a big step toward knowing itself and being able to describe itself to others.   Note :  If you're not currently logged in, you will be prompted to do so before taking the survey.  Unfortunately, our current system will not automatically direct you back to this page after logging in; you'll need to navigate back to the survey on your own. We're sorry for the inconvenience.  Demographics Survey Login Help Comparison: ALA Members to Bureau of Labor Statistics count of librarians, detailed by percentage of age range (.pdf) Comparison: ALA Members to U.S. Census/ American Community Survey count of librarians, detailed by percentage of age range (.pdf) BLS Sources about Librarians 2016 (.pdf) In comparing numbers from sources that provide employment information, it is important to understand the sources - and whether their results are compatible. 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