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Collection Overview

Title: School Library Development Project File, 1961-1962

ID: 20/5/8

Primary Creator: American Association of School Librarians (AASL) (1915-)

Extent: 2.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical and alphabetical thereunder

Subjects: Council on Library Resources (CLR), Doyle, Leila, School Library Development Project, School Library Development Project Advisory Board, School Library Development Project Grants, School Library Development Project Leadership Conferences, School Library Programs, Standards for

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

School Library Development Project File including grant applications, correspondence, addresses, inventories, newsletters, programs, reports, public relations brochures, photographs and newspaper clippings related to the School Library Development Project funded by a $100,000 grant of the council on Library Resources. The project promoted understanding and implementation of the 1960 national Standards for School Library Programs. The Standards, published in monograph form by the ALA, described school library resources and services needed for quality education for children and young people and resources and presented guidelines for developing school library programs. Funds were allocated to help selected states meet the costs of obtaining special consultants, holding planning meetings, providing programs at conferences and obtaining materials for distribution. The file includes a narrative script, tape recording, and 60 35mm color slides for We Serve Our Schools (1961), produced by the School Library Development Project.

Biographical Note

The first annual meeting of the School Libraries Section was held in East Hall, University of California, at 9:30 Saturday morning, June 5, 1915, with an attendance of 250. In the opening meeting, the purpose of the section was outlined. "The school library being one of the great problems of library endeavor, it is fitting that there should be a section in the American Library Association devoted to the discussion of work with all classes of schools" (1).

The American Association of School Librarians (ASSL) is interested in "the general improvement and extension of library services for children and young people."

The American Association of School Libraries became a division of ALA on January 1, 1951. Formerly it was a section of the Division of Libraries for Children and Young People; and before 1941 it was the School Libraries Section of ALA organized in 1915 (2).

Subject/Index Terms

Council on Library Resources (CLR)
Doyle, Leila
School Library Development Project
School Library Development Project Advisory Board
School Library Development Project Grants
School Library Development Project Leadership Conferences
School Library Programs, Standards for

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 11/3/75; 4/23/90

Other Note: 4 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/2005008a.pdf

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