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Collection Overview

Title: American Librarians Abroad and Library Fellows Program Files, 1956-1969, 1986-2003

ID: 7/2/17

Primary Creator: International Relations Office (IRO)

Extent: 13.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by office files and by subject title thereunder

Date Acquired: 04/26/1974. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: African Libraries, American Libraries Abroad, Brazil - Libraries, British Internship Program, Chile - Libraries, China-Libraries, Egypt - Libraries, France-Libraries, India - Libraries, Indonesia - Libraries, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), International Librarianship, International Library Education, International Relations Office, Israel-Libraries, Job Opportunities Overseas, Library Association (Great Britain), Library Education Abroad (for American Librarians), Malaya - Libraries, Mexico - Libraries, Nigeria - Libraries, Pakistan - Libraries, Russia, Taiwan - Libraries, Thailand-Libraries, Travel Information, Europe, Trinidad-Libraries, U.S. Information Agency, Uganda - Libraries, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-Libraries

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject files of American Librarians Abroad contains correspondence, printed materials, and reports relating to opportunities available to U. S. librarians outside the United States, includes applications from librarians seeking overseas positions and correspondence regarding the British Internship Program and service opportunities in Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Ghana, Iran, Ceylon, and Austria.

Program file of Library Fellows contains correspondence, reports, applications, administrative files, and press releases relating to International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and its role as a forerunner to the Library Fellows Program, logistics and evaluations of the program, grants from the US Information Agency and the personal reports and correspondence of the participating fellows and institutions, includes Fellows' reports which discuss in great detail the infrastructure, technologies and atmosphere of their host institutions.

Biographical Note

The International Relations Board (International Relations Round Table) creatred the International Relations Office (IRO) in June 1942 (1). The IRO was set up to "carry on its work in cooperation with the other committees of the Association whose work had international implications" (2). The IRO also functioned as an advisory agency for libraries abroad (3). In 1942-45, the IRO served "as an operational agency for various projects of the Department of State, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other foundations and libraries" (4). A "new" IRO was created in 1956 (5). The IRO concentrated its efforts on library development and the director was charged to "study and investigate the state of library education in various parts of the world" (6). The director was expected to spend several months of each year in nations on the continents of Asia, Africa, and South America (7). In 1959, the IRO sponsored (with Rockefeller Foundation monies) a group of ten visiting Japanese librarians who studied reference and advisory services in the United States (8). The IRO was disbanded in 1972 (9). The office reopened in 1976 before closing again in 1982, then reopening.

Subject/Index Terms

African Libraries
American Libraries Abroad
Brazil - Libraries
British Internship Program
Chile - Libraries
China-Libraries
Egypt - Libraries
France-Libraries
India - Libraries
Indonesia - Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
International Librarianship
International Library Education
International Relations Office
Israel-Libraries
Job Opportunities Overseas
Library Association (Great Britain)
Library Education Abroad (for American Librarians)
Malaya - Libraries
Mexico - Libraries
Nigeria - Libraries
Pakistan - Libraries
Russia
Taiwan - Libraries
Thailand-Libraries
Travel Information, Europe
Trinidad-Libraries
U.S. Information Agency
Uganda - Libraries
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-Libraries

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 4/26/2003, 9/3/2013, 12/17/2018; 3/17/2020

Other Note: 9 Pages

PDF Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0702017a.pdf

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