Association for Library Service to Children
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The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Association for Library Service to Children canonical | 12 |
| ALSC | 1 |
| Association for Library Service to Children committee | 1 |
| Children's Library Association | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3500887 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Association for Library Service to Children Context triple: [American Library Association, hasDivision, Association for Library Service to Children]
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A.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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B.
American Association of School Librarians
The American Association of School Librarians is a professional organization that supports and advocates for school librarians and effective school library programs across the United States.
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C.
Public Library Association
The Public Library Association is a professional organization in the United States that supports and advocates for public libraries and their staff through leadership, education, and resources.
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D.
Office for Intellectual Freedom
The Office for Intellectual Freedom is a unit of the American Library Association that leads efforts to protect and promote intellectual freedom, privacy, and access to information in libraries.
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E.
Canadian Library Association
The Canadian Library Association was a national professional organization that represented and supported libraries and library workers across Canada through advocacy, standards development, and professional services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Association for Library Service to Children Target entity description: The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
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A.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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B.
American Association of School Librarians
The American Association of School Librarians is a professional organization that supports and advocates for school librarians and effective school library programs across the United States.
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C.
Public Library Association
The Public Library Association is a professional organization in the United States that supports and advocates for public libraries and their staff through leadership, education, and resources.
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D.
Office for Intellectual Freedom
The Office for Intellectual Freedom is a unit of the American Library Association that leads efforts to protect and promote intellectual freedom, privacy, and access to information in libraries.
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E.
Canadian Library Association
The Canadian Library Association was a national professional organization that represented and supported libraries and library workers across Canada through advocacy, standards development, and professional services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ professional association ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
American Library Association
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surface form:
American Library Association Council
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| awards |
Batchelder Award
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Caldecott Medal ⓘ Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video
Children's Notable Books lists ⓘ Children's Notable Recordings lists ⓘ Children's Notable Videos lists ⓘ Geisel Award ⓘ Newbery Medal ⓘ Sibert Medal ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
children's book publishers
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public libraries ⓘ school libraries ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
children's librarianship
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children's literature ⓘ library science ⓘ literacy promotion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
children's book evaluation
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children's programming in libraries ⓘ children's reading ⓘ early literacy ⓘ library service to children ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Association for Library Service to Children
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ALSC
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| hasFormerName |
Association for Library Service to Children
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Children's Library Association
Children's Services Division ⓘ Division of Libraries for Children and Young People ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ala.org/alsc ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Library Association divisions ⓘ |
| mission |
to advocate for high-quality library resources for children
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to promote literacy and lifelong learning for children ⓘ to support and enhance library service to children ⓘ |
| offers |
booklists
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conferences ⓘ professional development ⓘ publications ⓘ reading promotion programs ⓘ webinars ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American Library Association ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| supports |
children's librarians
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library services for diverse children and families ⓘ school and public libraries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Association for Library Service to Children Description of subject: The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American Library Association
this entity surface form:
Association for Library Service to Children committee
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video
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administeredBy
→
Association for Library Service to Children
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Association for Library Service to Children
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hasFormerName
→
Association for Library Service to Children
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Children's Library Association
Association for Library Service to Children
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hasAbbreviation
→
Association for Library Service to Children
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
ALSC