Brief Description: Minute, Dockets and Committee Mailings of the Board of Directors of the Association for Library Services to Children meetings at midwinter and annual conferences including minutes, reports, correspondence and circulars about the activities of committees and officers, conferences, pre-conferences and workshops, appointments and resignations, membership, financial planning, and other business of the division. Also contained are mailings to the board and committees, Summer and Fall Planning Meeting documents (1985-88) and ALA Division Leadership Program Documents, including proceedings from the Intellectual Freedom Committee's Leadership Institute (May, 1988).

Record Series Number: 24/1/1

Created by: Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Volume: 7.3 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 11/24/93; 3/15/94; 9/11/73; 4/26/74; 3/30/79; 3/31/98; 7/2019; 2/12/2021

Arrangement: Chronological

Biographical Note for Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) :

The Association for Library Service to Children is responsible for the evaluation and selection of books and non-book library materials for the improvement of techniques of library service to children from preschool through eighth grade or junior high school age.

The Section for Library Work with Children was established in 1901 (1). On June 21, 1941, it merged with the Young People's Reading Round Table and the School Libraries Section to form the Division of Libraries for Children and Young People (2). In 1944 a part of its public library section became the Children's Library Association (3). It reached divisional status on January 1, 1957 (4) but retained the name Children's Library Association until January 28, 1958, when it became the Children's Library Services Division (5).

The Children's Library Services Division (CSD) is interested in the improvement and extension of library services to children in all types of libraries. CSD is responsible for the evaluation and selection of book and non-book library materials and the improvement of techniques of library services for children from preschool through the eighth grade or junior high school age, when such materials of techniques are intended for use in more than one type of library (6).

In 1977 CSD changed its name to Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) (7).

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