Brief Description: Files of Library Technology Program Advisory Committee Chair Francis R. St. John (1962-63), Eugene B. Jackson (1967-68), Ralph Happ (1968-70), Russell Shank (1970-72) and James Humphrey (1972- 73), contains correspondence, financial documents, memorandums, budget requests (1964-1972), lists of LTP projects and publications, meeting agendas, minutes (1959-71), requests to the Council on Library Resources for program extensions, project progress reports and summaries, committee and subcommittee membership and appointments, committee recommendations, lists of sales of LTP publications, annual reports (1970), plans (July 1963, August 1963), 'Evaluation and Planning Study for the Library Technology Program (November 1968), Executive Board Transcript to review LTP (1963), copy of manuscript "The Lib--Tech--Pro--' by Vernon Clapp (1971), 'Internal Report to the Advisory Committee (Lib Tech, 1974) and 'Report to Council (COO, 1974), and concerning the organization and functions of LTP, financial support, librarians as consumers, merger with the Office for Research and Development (1966), termination of F. Carhart and H. Hanna, the proposed merger of Lib--Tech--Reports with Publishing services and final merger into LAD, correspondents include F. Poole, D. Clift, H. White, R. Wedgeworth, K. Doms, W. Cole, D. Ho, S. Artandi, M. Ruggles, and G. Randall.

Record Series Number: 15/91/6

Created by: Library Technology Program Office

Volume: 1.0 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 04/26/1974.

Arrangement: Alphabetical

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).

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