ALA 2024 in San Diego Goes International: Programs Address Issues on Global Law and Policy

The annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) was held June 27–July 2, 2024, in San Diego, California. This year's opening session, which began the afternoon of June 28, 2024, featured an introduction by current ALA President, Emily Drabinski. She reviewed the progress of the association and commented on the number of international participants attending this year's conference. She noted that there were 340 participants from 51 different countries represented at the meeting.