Library Technology Program Publications, 1959-75
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Brief Description: Publications of the Library Technology Program and its predecessor, the Library Technology Project, contains Study of Circulation Control Systems (#1, 1961), Photocopying from Bound Volumes (#4, 1962), The Testing and Evaluation of Record Players for Libraries (#5, 1962), Enlarged Prints from Library Microforms (#6, 1963), Protecting the Library and its Resources (#7, 1963), Evaluation of Record Players for Libraries (#8, 1964), Copying Methods Manual (#11, 1966), Conservation of Library Materials (#16, 1969), The Evaluation of Micropublications (#17, 1971), and Retrographic Services in Libraries (#19, 1975), includes news releases (1962-71), promotional pamphlets and brochures (1964-72), The State of the Binding Art (1963), and The Use of Data Processing Equipment by Libraries and Information Centers (1966), clippings from the ALA Bulletin from March 1959 through July/August 1972, press releases (1961-1973), Library Technology Program articles and reports, as well as the tenth anniversary commemoration (1969).
Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 15/3/3
Created by: Library Technology Program Office
Volume: 1.3 Cubic Feet
Acquired: 04/26/1974. 5/25/2000
More information is available at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/1503003a.pdf
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by publication date
Biographical Note for Library Technology Program Office :

The Library Technology Project (full official designation "Library Technology: A Standards Program on Supplies and Equipment") was established in 1959 (1) and refunded as a two-year project by a grant from the Council on Library Resources. Its purpose was to provide librarians with accurate information about machines, equipment and systems, to guide inventors in developing new devices; to set specifications; and to disseminate information through a publication (2).

To carry out these objectives the Library Technology Project worked in five major areas:

1. Technical information service

2. Development of standardization program

3. Testing

4. Research and development

5. Systems study (3)

In 1963 the Advisory Council approved the continuation of the Library Technology Project for five years (4). In 1963 it approved a five-year program to broaden partial funding from the ALA (5), in 1964 the project became a committee of the ALA rather than a Library Administration Division Committee (6). In July 1966 it was renamed the ALA Library Technology Program (7). It continued as a permanent program until 1972 when it was dissolved on the recommendation of the Committee on Program Evaluation and Support (8).

The Library Technology Program had a full-time director and staff of four (9), with one additional member appointed to represent the Special Libraries Association in 1962 (10).

Subject Index
ALA Annual Conference (1962: Miami, Florida)
Bulletin (ALA)
Circulation Services
Conservation of Materials
Library Binding Workshop
Library Technology Program
Microform Publications
Photocopying
Languages of Materials
English [eng]