Finding Aid for Science-Technology Division Administrative Subject File, 1952, 1963-2012 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Science-Technology Division Administrative Subject File, 1952, 1963-2012

ID: 85/10/5

Primary Creator: Special Libraries Association. Science-Technology Division

Other Creators: Special Libraries Association (1909-Present)

Extent: 3.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: By topic

Date Acquired: 00/00/2017

Subjects: Chemistry Libraries, Library Technology, Special Libraries, Special Libraries Association (SLA), Special Libraries Association. Science-Technology Division

Languages: English

Administrative Subject File of the SLA Science-Technology Division, containing correspondence, memoranda, photographs, publications, reports, includes committee work (1974-2000), policy documents, conference publications (1995-2008), conference photographs (1990, 1992-2012), and Sci-Tech portrait photographs (1994-95, 2000)

The Science-Technology Community of SLA was formed  in 1923 under the name of the Technology Group. The first meeting was held during the 1924 annual conference. The Group was recognized officially in March 1925. Renamed Science-Technology Division in 1950, and Science-Technology Community in 2020. The objectives of the Science-Technology Community shall be to draw together members having an interest in the role of library and information science as applied to the recording, retrieval, and dissemination of information in all areas of science and technology and to promote and improve the communication, dissemination, and use of such information to the benefit of libraries and their users.

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Other Note: 4 pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/8510005a.pdf

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