Finding Aid for Library and Information Center Newsletter, 1991-1993 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Library and Information Center Newsletter, 1991-1993

ID: 18/2/10

Primary Creator: Headquarters Library

Extent: 0.2 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Date Acquired: 07/01/2020

Subjects: Headquarters Library of The ALA

Languages: English

Newsletter of the Library and Information Center, contains individual issues from biannual publication of the ALA Headquarters Library, includes office updates related to serial subscriptions, services, and staffing changes.

The main function of the Headquarters Library is to provide basic services to the Executive Board and the membership (1). The Librarian reports to the Deputy Executive Director for Management (2). The Library is first referred to in the Secretary's Report of 1925-26: "A better professional library must be provided at ALA Headquarters if satisfactory service is to be given to members?" (3). In 1929 the ALA appealed to the Secretary of the Wieboldt Foundation for funds to establish a library at ALA Headquarters, but the appeal was denied (4). In the proposed budgets for 1931 and 1933, the Library was funded under the Department of Information and Advisory Services, a part of the Public Library Division (5). Its mission was "the task of building up and organizing a professional collection, of rendering reference service to the staff, and of answering reference questions. . ." (6). It also collected and compiled library statistics (7). By 1955 the Headquarters Librarian reported to the Executive Secretary (8). With the reorganization of Headquarters in 1958, the Library became a part of Unit IV under the direction of the Deputy Executive Director (9).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Other Note: 1 page

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/1802010a.pdf

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