Public Library Association ... Workshops PLA Boot Camp Workshop File Finding AidBy Claire Drone-Silvers
Title: PLA Boot Camp Workshop File, 1988-2015
Predominant Dates:2000-2009
ID: 29/21/7
Primary Creator: Public Library Association (PLA)
Extent: 2.0 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Organized by topic, then chronologically thereafter.
Date Acquired: 02/00/2021
Subjects: Conference Materials, Continuing Education, Library Advertising, Library Organization and Management, Planning, Library, Public Library Association (PLA)
PLA Boot Camp Workshop File (1988-2015), including correspondence, workshop binders and handouts, documentation, promotional materials, brochures, conference materials, and photographs, concerning PLA Results Boot Camp workshops, PLA and PLA at ALA conferences, and promotional campaigns.
The PLA Results Series includes workshop materials from Managing for Results, Staffing for Results, Planning for Results, Strategic Planning for Results, and Implementing for Results workshops held throughout the United States.
The Public Library Association is interested in the general improvement and expansion of public library services to all ages in various types of communities. PLA has specific responsibility for:
1. Planning of programs of study and service for the public library as a total institution.
2. Establishment, evaluation, and promotion of standards in the public library field.
3. Review of and bringing together the activities of all unites within the ALA that have a bearing on public library service.
4. Representation and interpretation of public libraries in contacts outside the profession.
5. Stimulation of the development of public librarians and trustees, and stimulation of participation by PLD members in appropriate type-of-activity divisions.
6. Conduct of activities and projects for improvement and expansion of service in this type of library, when such projects are beyond the scope of type-of-activity divisions, after specific approval by the ALA Council.
The Public Library Division was formed by the merger, in August 1950, of the Division of Public Libraries, the Library Extension Division, and the Trustees Division. Bylaws were adopted June 1951 (1).
The Division of Public Libraries was approved by vote of Council in March and October, 1944, following organization meetings, filing of petitions by nearly 1200 members, and preparation of a tentative draft of a constitution and bylaws.
The purpose of the division was to advance public library interests and to cooperate in the promotion of library services in general. The name of the division was changed to the Public Library Association (PLA) in 1958 (2).
Conference Materials
Continuing Education
Library Advertising
Library Organization and Management
Planning, Library
Public Library Association (PLA)
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/2921007a.pdf
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