Finding Aid for Subject File, 1914, 1922-1957, 1979-1983, 1992-1993 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Subject File, 1914, 1922-1957, 1979-1983, 1992-1993

ID: 31/11/6

Primary Creator: Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS)

Other Creators: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)

Extent: 8.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by accession and by subject title thereunder

Date Acquired: 04/26/1974. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Catalog Code Revision Committee, Cataloging and Classification Committee, Catalog Section, Cooperative Cataloging Committee, Division of Cataloging and Classification, Merrill, William S., Use of Catalog Code Committee

Languages: English

Subject files (1914, 1922-57, 1979-83, 1988, 1992-93) and correspondence (1941-57) of the Division of Cataloging and Classification (DCC) and its predecessors and related ALA committees (Committee on Cataloging and Classification (1929-40), Catalog Section (1923- 40), Co-operative Cataloging Committee (1941-44)), contains reports (1934-56), agendas, minutes (1941-56) and correspondence (1949-56) of DCC Executive Board meetings, the DCC proceedings of annual, midwinter, and regional conferences (1922- 26, 1931-42, 1946-57) unpublished conference papers (1933-47), and includes authorities institutes (1983), and AACR2 institutes, preconferences, and roadshows (1979-1983), classification manuals, codes and systems, membership (1950-56, and related topics.

The ALA Council created the Catalog Section in 1900 (1); one of its early projects in cooperative cataloging was a precursor of the LC printed-card service (2). Regional meetings, first held in 1923 produced a number of affiliated regional groups whose interests were eventually represented by a standing committee within the section (3). In 1940 the Catalog Section became the Division of Cataloging and Classification, with responsibility for arranging programs to interest catalogers, classifiers, and bibliographers in libraries of various sizes and types, and with the goals of maintaining and improving standards in classification and cataloging as well as giving impetus to the discussion and study of cataloging and related problems in its affiliated regional groups (4). With the reorganization of ALA of January 1, 1957, the division became one section of the newly-formed Resources and Technical Services Division (5), and the regional groups were subsumed under the Council of Regional Groups, representing all areas of interest in the RSTD (6). CC's purpose is "To contribute to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for those activities of the Resources and Technical Services Division of the American Library Association relating to the cataloging and classification of library materials in all types of institutions" (7).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 8/1/1997, 8/20/2004

Other Note: 5 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/3111006a.pdf

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