To satisfy its mission the APDLA undertakes a wide range of activities which include a free consultancy service; organizing a wide range of events including book launches, readings and video screenings; organizing exhibitions, performances and talks by artists and critics.


1. Outreach and Education
   The APDLA's outreach and education events support the mission of the organization by deepening the understanding of artists' publications and offering individual artists, or groups of artists, greater public exposure.

  The APDLA organizes large-scale exhibitions in an effort to contextualize artists' publications historically, aesthetically and culturally. Broadly these exhibitions fall into two categories: works by individual artists who have been instrumental in the development of artists books, and group exhibitions that address particular issues associated with the artists book medium.

  The APDLA also organizes and allows artists to use its space, at no charge, for book launches and readings.


2. Publishing
  Recently the APDLA has begun an ambitious program of publishing prints, multiples and photographic portfolios to support the organization's annual operating budget.


3. Consultancy
  The staff of the APDLA offers a consultancy and information service to artists who produce artists' books, individual members of the public, archives, collections, curators, libraries and educators. The range of services includes working with curators who are organizing exhibitions that are inclusive of the medium and supplying them with titles. Institutions that have participated in this activity within the past year include.

  The APDLA also maintains and distributes lists of useful addresses related to the medium.