Finding Aid for Subject File, 1936-38, 1949-95, 1997-2001, 2003, 2006 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Subject File, 1936-38, 1949-95, 1997-2001, 2003, 2006

ID: 50/1/6

Primary Creator: Staff Organizations Round Table (SORT)

Extent: 1.4 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: By type of material and chronological thereunder

Date Acquired: 03/30/1979. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Personnel, Staff Associations, Staff Manuals, Staff Organizations Round Table

Languages: English

Subject File of SORT, including annual reports of the Staff Organizations Round Table (SORT) (1944-49, 1953-59); bibliography (1938); brochures; constitution (1951, 1960); list of committee members (1958-69); minutes (1953, 1981-82, 1988-1994) scrapbook (1944-59); and questionnaires and summary of a survey (1936, 1950, 1967-69, 1980-81, 1984-1994, 2000) concerning SORT activities and committees; staff organizations establishment and activities; and personnel morale, communication and manuals.

In May 1936, a group of members of staff organizations met and organized SORT (1). In 1937, the ALA Conference passed a resolution to formally organize SORT as a Round Table (2). The purpose of SORT is to encourage the formation of staff organizations, to act as a clearinghouse for information about staff organizations, to bring staff organizations of library employees into closer relationships so as to foster mutual cooperation, and to cooperate with all ALA units that are set up to study and act upon personnel matters (3).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 3/31/1992; 10/27/00; 1/17/2020

Other Note: 2 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/5001006a.pdf

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