Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries Book Guides, 1936-1966
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Brief Description: Book guides of the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries, published monthly (except July and August) by the American Library Association's Division of Hospital Libraries, contains notices, short articles, financial statements, book reviews, business meeting minutes and author/title indexes, includes two copies of the Special Libraries Association Hospital Division Newsletter, No.24 (March 1957) and Julia Krivinkova's "Three Types of Hospital Librarians in the Tuberculosis Institutions of Czechoslovakia", reprinted from Hospital Book Guide, (February 1957), Hospital Libraries Division Newsletter (1946-47), pamphlets and brochures (1936-66).
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The American Library Association Archives
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Record Series Number: 23/3/4
Created by: Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA)
Volume: 0.6 Cubic Feet
Acquired: 01/20/1976.
More information is available at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/2303004a.pdf
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by subject title and chronlogically by publication year thereunder
Biographical Note for Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA) :

In 1958 the National Association of State Libraries, founded in 1889, disbanded (1). Its membership merged with that of the American Association of State Libraries (AASL), a division of ALA since January 1, 1957 (2). The State Library Agencies Division (SLAD) was founded on January 1, 1957 (3) and in 1958 SLAD merged with the AASL (4) to become the State Library Agency Division (5)  In 1977-78 AASL changed its title to the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) (6). Title was changed to Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA). Division was dissolved September 1, 2020.

ASCLA is responsible for functions pertaining to library services performed by state library agencies, specialized library agencies, and mutitype library cooperatives. It has the specific responsibility for:

1. Synthesis of appropriate ALA unit activities with the development and evaluation of programs which extend and improve user services in state and specialized libraries and multitype library cooperatives.

2. Representation and interpretation of the roles, functions, and services of these types of libraries within and outside the profession.

3. Development of policies, studies, and activities relative to government funding, grants and appropriations, and inter-governmental relationships in matters which affect these types of libraries, coordinated with appropriate ALA unit archives.

4. Establishment, evaluation, and promotion of standards.

5. Identification of user needs, and the creation and promotion of services to meet those needs.

6. Stimulation of the development and participation in appropriate type-of-activity divisions of librarians engaged in these types of libraries.

7. Coordination of the activities of ALA units which have a bearing on the concerns of this association.

8. Granting recognition for outstanding library service enacted.

9. Disseminating information and stimulating publishing and research.

Subject Index
Czechoslovakia
Hospital and Institution Libraries
Hospital and Institution Libraries (AHIL) Quarterly
Hospital Book Guide
Hospital Division Newsletter, Special Libraries Association
Hospital Libraries, Division of
Krivinkova, Julia
Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Languages of Materials
English [eng]