Library Education Division ... Board of Education for Libr... Board of Education for Libr... Finding AidTitle: Board of Education for Librarianship - Subject File, 1914-56
ID: 28/50/6
Primary Creator: Public Library Association (PLA)
Other Creators: Board of Education for Librarianship
Extent: 7.6 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical and Chronological thereunder
Subjects: Accreditation, Board of Education for Librarianship (BEL), Bogle, Sarah C. N., Education for Librarianship, Hostetter, Anita M., Lancour, Harold, Wyer, James I.
Languages: English
Subject file of the Board of Education for Librarianship and its predecessor the Temporary Library Training Board containing correspondence, circular letters, reports, studies and statements concerning accrediting, library education in the states, degrees, conferences, courses, library training for African Americans, Princeton Conference on Library Education (1948), standards, recruiting and publicity and policies, functions and activities of the Board of education for Librarianship. Correspondents include Anita M. Hostetter, Harold Lancour, Sarah C. Bogle and James I. Wyer.
In 1956, the Library Education Division absorbed the Board of Education for Librarianship and its name changed to the Committee of Accreditation.
The Public Library Association is interested in the general improvement and expansion of public library services to all ages in various types of communities. PLA has specific responsibility for:
1. Planning of programs of study and service for the public library as a total institution.
2. Establishment, evaluation, and promotion of standards in the public library field.
3. Review of and bringing together the activities of all unites within the ALA that have a bearing on public library service.
4. Representation and interpretation of public libraries in contacts outside the profession.
5. Stimulation of the development of public librarians and trustees, and stimulation of participation by PLD members in appropriate type-of-activity divisions.
6. Conduct of activities and projects for improvement and expansion of service in this type of library, when such projects are beyond the scope of type-of-activity divisions, after specific approval by the ALA Council.
The Public Library Division was formed by the merger, in August 1950, of the Division of Public Libraries, the Library Extension Division, and the Trustees Division. Bylaws were adopted June 1951 (1).
The Division of Public Libraries was approved by vote of Council in March and October, 1944, following organization meetings, filing of petitions by nearly 1200 members, and preparation of a tentative draft of a constitution and bylaws.
The purpose of the division was to advance public library interests and to cooperate in the promotion of library services in general. The name of the division was changed to the Public Library Association (PLA) in 1958 (2).
Accreditation
Board of Education for Librarianship (BEL)
Bogle, Sarah C. N.
Education for Librarianship
Hostetter, Anita M.
Lancour, Harold
Wyer, James I.
Repository: The American Library Association Archives
Accruals: 4/26/74, 3/26/77, 3/2/00, 11/15/02; 9/11/2003; added 0.3 cubic feet on 12/12/08
Other Note: 7 Pages
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/2850006a.pdf
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