Finding Aid for Minutes, 1950-1997 | The American Library Association Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Minutes, 1950-1997

ID: 20/1/1

Primary Creator: American Association of School Librarians (AASL) (1915-)

Extent: 12.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: ALA Annual Conference (1973: Las Vegas, Nevada), ALA Midwinter Meeting, American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Conferences, National Education Association (NEA), School Libraries Committee, Standards Committee

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Minutes of AASL Board of Directors and business meetings (1950-97) including AASL bylaws (1966, 1975, 1981, 1983-85, 1987, 1989) the AASL meeting at the ALA-CLA Joint Conference (1960), Executive Committee meetings (1979-80, 1985-97), ALA Annual and Midwinter Conferences (1950-97), AASL/ALSC/YASD Joint Executive Committee meetings (1986, 1989), and the AASL Annual Membership meeting (1989), concerning election of officers, agendas, budgets, motions, cooperation with NEA, publications and the reports of the committees on Standards, Secondary School Libraries, Professional Status and Growth, Improvement and Extension of School Library Services and Curriculum Materials.

Biographical Note

The first annual meeting of the School Libraries Section was held in East Hall, University of California, at 9:30 Saturday morning, June 5, 1915, with an attendance of 250. In the opening meeting, the purpose of the section was outlined. "The school library being one of the great problems of library endeavor, it is fitting that there should be a section in the American Library Association devoted to the discussion of work with all classes of schools" (1).

The American Association of School Librarians (ASSL) is interested in "the general improvement and extension of library services for children and young people."

The American Association of School Libraries became a division of ALA on January 1, 1951. Formerly it was a section of the Division of Libraries for Children and Young People; and before 1941 it was the School Libraries Section of ALA organized in 1915 (2).

Subject/Index Terms

ALA Annual Conference (1973: Las Vegas, Nevada)
ALA Midwinter Meeting
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Conferences
National Education Association (NEA)
School Libraries Committee
Standards Committee

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Bylaws -- AASL Special Board Meeting ..., 1966-71],
[Box 2: AASL Board, Midwinter ... -- AASL Executive Committee, Fall ..., 1972-80],
[Box 3: AASL Board, Midwinter ... -- AASL Executive Committee, Fall ..., 1981-86],
[Box 4: AASL Board, Midwinter ... -- AASL Executive Committee, Spring ..., 1987-89],
[Box 5: AASL Board, Annual ... -- AASL Board, Annual ..., 1989-91],
[Box 6: AASL Executive Committee, Fall ... -- AASL Executive Committee, Fall ..., 1991-93],
[Box 7: AASL Board, Midwinter ... -- AASL Board, Annual ---, 1994-95],
[Box 8: AASL Executive Committee, Fall --- AASL Executive Committee, Fall ..., 1995-97],
[Box 9: AASL Board, Infrastucture Elements and Trends-ALA Annual Program, -1999],
[Box 10: ALA Handbook of Organization, 1999 - Board Orientation Handbook, 2000, 1999-2000],
[Box 11: Brochures, Pamphelts, Memos, Correspondence, 2000 - AASL Board of Directors 2002 ALA ALA Annual Conference, 2002, 2000 - 2002],
[Box 12: AASL Board of Directors 2002 ALA Annual Conference including minutes (2 of 2) - Committee Chair Handbook 2003-04 (originals), 2003, 2002 - 2003],
[Box 13: Fall Executive Committee Meeting, 2003 - Strategic Program and Plan, 2005, 2003 - 2005],
[All]

Box 2: AASL Board, Midwinter ... -- AASL Executive Committee, Fall ..., 1972-80

Folder 1: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Minutes and Exhibits, Chicago, 1972
Folder 2: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Minutes and Exhibits, Chicago, 1972
Folder 3: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Exhibits, Washington, D.C., 1973
Folder 4: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Minutes, Las Vegas, 1973
Folder 5: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Minutes, Chicago, 1974
Folder 6: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Minutes and Exhibits, New York City, 1974
Folder 7: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Minutes and Exhibits, Chicago, 1975
Folder 8: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Exhibits and Minutes, San Francisco, 1975
Folder 9: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Minutes and Exhibits, Chicago, 1976
Folder 10: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Exhibits and Minutes, Chicago, 1976
Folder 11: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Exhibits and Minutes, Washington, D.C., 1977
Folder 12: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, ESEA Documents, 1974, 1976-77
Folder 13: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Minutes and Documents, Detroit, 1977
Folder 14: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Documents and Minutes, Chicago, 1978
Folder 15: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Exhibits, Chicago, 1978
Folder 16: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Exhibits and Minutes, Washington, D.C., 1979
Folder 17: AASL Executive Committee, Special Meeting, Chicago, April, 1979
Folder 18: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Exhibits and Minutes, Dallas, 1979
Folder 19: AASL Board, Midwinter Meeting, Minutes and Documents, Chicago, 1980
Folder 20: AASL Board, Annual Meeting, Minutes, New York, 1980
Folder 21: AASL Executive Committee, Fall Meeting, Minutes, New York City, June, 1980
Folder 22: AASL Executive Committee, Documents, Chicago, October, 1980