Title: Correspondence, 1906-1909, 1941-1955, 1984-1994
Arrangement
Arranged by committee name and chronologically by document dates thereunder
Administrative History
The Buildings and Equipment Section is one of seven sections within the Library Administration and Management Association and has been a part of the Division since 1975 (1). Prior to 1957 each of the ALA divisions maintained separate building committees. Chairpersons of the division-level building committees belonged to the ALA Building Committee (so named on February 1, 1952) that was designated the Library Architecture and Building Planning Committee upon its creation in 1932 by the Council (2). The Building and Equipment Section Exercises responsibility for all matters pertaining to aspects of library architecture, including interior design, site selection, building maintenance, plumbing, and planning (3). The Section currently consists of ten Committees and one Discussion Group (4).
Committees and Year Established:
Executive, 1957
Architecture for Public Libraries, 1957
Building for College and University Libraries, 1957
Equipment, 1957
Library Building Awards, 1978
Library Buildings Consultant List (ad hoc), 1980
Nominating, 1988
Nominating, 1989 (Practice of establishing nominating committees for 2 consective years began in 1986)
School Library/Media Facilities, 1976
Standards for Physical Space Requirements for Libraries (ad hoc), 1987
Discussion Group:
Library Facilities Planning, 1988
Sources:
1. ALA Bulletin, December 1957, p. 856.
2. ALA Bulletin, December 1955, p. 623.
3. ALA Handbook of Organization (Chicago: American Library Association 1987), p. 91.
4. Ibid.
