ALA Approval Plan

What is the ALA Approval Plan?

ALA Approval Plan members automatically receive new titles published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), hot off the press, from preselected enrollment categories at a special 10% discount plus shipping and handling. 

As of June 2025, all titles not published by ACRL (including ALA Editions | ALA Neal-Schuman titles) have been discontinued from the ALA Approval Plan. Existing Approval Plan customers should email editionsmarketing@ala.org with any questions or concerns.

How do I sign up?

Email acrl@ala.org for more information.

Approval Plan Categories:

L: Books in the “ACRL Publications in Librarianship” series

P: All ACRL (Association for College and Research Libraries) publications

PC: ACRL's College Library Information on Policy and Practice (CLIPP) book series

How can I tell which categories each new book is in?

Near the top of each ACRL book's product page on the ALA Store, look for the "AP Categories" line on the right.