Accreditation Case Files, 1938- | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Accreditation Case Files, 1938-

Series Number: 60/1/6

Acquired: 8/15/84; 7/12/91; 9/12/96; 10/12/98; 1/20, 7/21/00; 2/11, 2/14, 2/19, 8/30/01; 8/6/03; 7/04; 10/06; 3/7/08; 3/2/09; 9/7/10; 5/10/2012; 9/12/2013; 7/26/2016, 12/18/2019, 1/15/2020

Volume: 127.3 Cubic Feet

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Committee on Accreditation Case Files (1938-2006) for library schools in the United States and Canada which underwent accreditation review; contains self-study reports, appeals, visiting team and committee reports on programs and facilities, annual reports and reviews, and committee correspondence with library schools. This series also contains three notebooks, including materials used at the time of the revision of the Minimum Requirements for Library Schools and working materials for the Board of Education for Librarianship (1949-56); five notebooks of working records of the Committee on Accreditation (1956-70); closed and non-accredited programs (1952-88) and library school reports (1954-96).

RESTRICTED for 30 years under January 1991 Access Policy requiring permission of Accreditation Officer.

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For access to files less than 30 years old, users must provide the ALA Archivist with written permission from the Accreditation Officer and the head of the academic program for which the accreditation file was prepared.

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