What is the ALA Editions Approval Plan?
ALA Editions Approval Plan members automatically receive new titles, hot off the press, from preselected enrollment categories at a special 10 percent discount plus shipping and handling. They also receive an Approval Plan Bulletin twice a year that details the books they will receive during each season.
How do I sign up?
E-mail editionsmarketing@ala.org to request a Standing Order Application. Upon receipt of application, please complete and e-mail back to editionsmarketing@ala.org.
Current Approval Plan Bulletins
ALA Editions Fall/Winter 2013 Approval Plan Bulletin
What are the Approval Plan categories and what do the letter codes mean?
What are the Approval Plan categories and what do the letter codes mean?
ALA Salary Survey is included with Plan A;
ALA Survey of Librarian Salaries, Non-MLS is not included with Plan A.
* To sign up for either the ALA Salary Survey (category S) or the ALA Salary Survey, Non-MLS (category SN), please email editionsmarketing@ala.org. Please ensure to indicate the new category that you wish to sign up for along with your full account information including contact name, email address, and standing order account number.
Important customer update on category KU:
Category KU ( Anglo-American Cataloging Rules annual updates) has been discontinued.
AACR2 is in the process of evolving into a new standard for resource description and access, RDA, and consequently no updates to AACR2 are underway.
How can I tell which categories each new book is in?
There are 2 ways:
- Look in the frontlist ("New and Forthcoming") section of the ALA Editions catalog each time a new one comes out. In the specifications section for each new title, you will see a line called: "AP Categories"
- Look on the Approval Plan Bulletin that is mailed to each Approval Plan Member twice a year (each time a new catalog is released). The letter codes you signed up for are on your mailing label.
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