Finding Aid for Organization Reports File, 1911-74 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Organization Reports File, 1911-74

ID: 18/1/26

Primary Creator: Headquarters Library

Extent: 3.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by name of organizational unit

Subjects: Annual Reports, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Awards, Board on Acquisition of Library Materials, Cataloging and Classification Section, Committee Reports, Editorial Committee, Election Committee Elections, Ballots, Endowment, Federal Emergency Library Project, Federal Relations Committee, Friends of Libraries, Fund Raising, Headquarters Library of The ALA, Hospital and Institution Libraries, Association of, Intellectual Freedom Committee, Library Education Division (LED), Library Overseas Fellowship, Management Survey, Membership Committee, Membership Promotion Office, Personnel Administration, Board On, Policy Statements, Publications, Public Documents Committee (RASD), Round Tables, Special Committees, Victory Book Campaign, Work Relief Projects

Languages: English

Organization Report File including printed copies of annual reports from the ALA Bulletin; special reports; minutes of meetings; memoranda and correspondence concerning boards, committees, divisions, joint committees, round tables, divisions and special projects of the ALA, and reports of ALA representatives to meetings of external bodies with attachments and newspapers clippings.

The main function of the Headquarters Library is to provide basic services to the Executive Board and the membership (1). The Librarian reports to the Deputy Executive Director for Management (2). The Library is first referred to in the Secretary's Report of 1925-26: "A better professional library must be provided at ALA Headquarters if satisfactory service is to be given to members?" (3). In 1929 the ALA appealed to the Secretary of the Wieboldt Foundation for funds to establish a library at ALA Headquarters, but the appeal was denied (4). In the proposed budgets for 1931 and 1933, the Library was funded under the Department of Information and Advisory Services, a part of the Public Library Division (5). Its mission was "the task of building up and organizing a professional collection, of rendering reference service to the staff, and of answering reference questions. . ." (6). It also collected and compiled library statistics (7). By 1955 the Headquarters Librarian reported to the Executive Secretary (8). With the reorganization of Headquarters in 1958, the Library became a part of Unit IV under the direction of the Deputy Executive Director (9).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 4/26/74; 4/85

Finding Aid Revision History: 03/22/2023 - updated formatting, folder titles;

Other Note: 8 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/1801026a.pdf

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