Finding Aid for American Indian Libraries Newsletter, 1976-2012 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: American Indian Libraries Newsletter, 1976-2012

ID: 10/94/10

Primary Creator: Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)

Other Creators: American Indian Library Association

Extent: 0.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: American Indian Library Association, American Indian People, Library Service for, Subcommittee, American Indians, Native American Librarians, Native Americans

Languages: English

American Indian Libraries Newsletter is published three times per year by the OLSD subcommittee on Library Service for American Indians, then by the American Indian Library Association. Issues contain brief articles and news notes on library services, tribal libraries and archives, and legislation affecting American Indians, along with meeting minutes, announcements, book reviews, and job ads.

On July 3, 1970, the Council voted to establish the Office for Library Service to the Disadvantaged and Unserved (1).  On July 3, 1980, the Council changed the name of the Office of Library Services to the Disadvantaged (OLSD) to the Office for Library Outreach Services (OLOS) (2).  The purpose of the Office for Library Outreach Services is threefold: 1) to promote the provision of library service to the urban and rural poor, of all ages, and to those people who are discriminated against because they belong to minority groups; 2) to encourage the development of user-oriented informational and educational library services to meet the needs of the urban and rural poor, ethnic minorities, the underemployed, school dropouts, the semiliterate and illiterate and those isolated by cultural differences; and 3) to insure that librarians and others have information, access to technical assistance and continuing education opportunities to assist them in developing effective outreach programs (3).  The Office for Library Outreach Services is responsible to the Deputy Executive Director (4).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 6/80, 8/16/93; 1/26/2018; 1/31/2018; 8/25/2026

Processing Information: Duplicates weeded from the collection (9/25/2026).

Finding Aid Revision History: 9/25/2026 - Additional materials added to the collection.

Other Note: 2 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/1094010a.pdf

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