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Title: Conference Papers, 1963-1971Add to your cart.

ID: 5/3/12

Primary Creator: Conference Arrangements Office

Extent: 1.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by event dates

Date Acquired: 04/26/1974

Subjects: Conference Arrangements Office, Division Orientation Meetings, Manpower Crisis, Surveys of Library Use, Topical Conferences

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Files of division orientation meetings and topical conferences contains correspondence, memoranda, reports and a survey related to meetings, includes questionnaires on library use (1965-69) compiled for the 1969 Adult Services Division Conference on The Future of General Adult Books and Reading in America, and files from conferences on the manpower shortage (1966-67).

Biographical Note

The Conference Arrangements Office was established in 1968 as a unite of the Administrative Services Department of the American Library Association (1). Its origins date back to 1957 when a Conference Program Arrangements unit was established as part of the Program and Membership Services Department (2). From 1964 to 1966, the Conference Arrangements Office was known as the Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting Executive Committee (3). Responsibility for administering the unit has shifted between ALA departments over the years including Program and Membership Services (1957-59), Administrative and Fiscal Services (1960-61), Executive Office (1973-81), Fiscal Services (1982-84), and Communications Services (1985- ) (4).

The purpose of the Conference Arrangements Office is to coordinate all arrangements, excluding program, for the two annual meetings of the Association. Activities include handling requests for facilities, exhibit space, conference site information, program scheduling and placement of advertisements in the Official Program (5).

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Conference Arrangements Office
Division Orientation Meetings
Manpower Crisis
Surveys of Library Use
Topical Conferences

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Other Note: 1 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0503012a.pdf

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