Annual Reports, 1923-1940 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Annual Reports, 1923-1940

Series Number: 28/50/2

Acquired: 3/26/77; 4/26/77

Volume: 0.3 Cubic Feet

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The Division of Library Education (LED) was established June 21, 1946, by a vote of the Council accepting the petition for divisional status submitted by the Professional Training Round Table. The Round Table thus became the Division of Library Education. Constitution and bylaws were adopted and officers were elected June 21, 1946. The purpose of the division was to advance the interests of librarianship through the maintenance and improvement of standards in education for librarianship and through the study of personnel problems (1). The Library Education Division had specific responsibility for: 1. Continuous study and review of changing needs for library education, development of educational programs, and continuing education of library personnel. 2. Conduct of activities and projects within its areas of responsibility. 3. Synthesis of the consideration by library educators and practicing librarians of education for librarianship. 4. Representation and interpretation of library education in contact with other educational groups. 5. Stimulation of the development of librarians engaged in its type of activity, and stimulation of participation by members in appropriate type-of-library divisions. 6. Planning and development of programs of study and research which will improve and extend library education for the whole profession. In January, 1952, the Council of New Library Schools became the Teachers Section of the Division (2). The Library Education Division also had specific responsibility for identifying materials needed in library education and prompting their preparation, publication, evaluation, dissemination, and use (3). In 1977, the Library Education Division was dissolved by the ALA Council and was replaced by the Committee on Education, effective February 1, 1978 (4).

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1. ALA Bulletin, 1946, p. H-57. 2. Ibid., December, 1957, p. 858. 3. Ibid., November, 1964, pp. 917-18. 4. ALA History, http://wikis.ala.org/professionaltips/index.php?title=ALA_History.

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Annual and Monthly Reports of the Board of Education for Librarianship and its predecessor, the Temporary Library Training Board, including published annual reports (1923-30, 1939-40) containing reports on board activities, minimum standards for library schools and courses and lists of accredited schools and enrollments; supplementary information to be used with annual reports (1931-38) containing statistics for enrollment and output, of students; and monthly reports (1924-32) containing reports of visits made to library schools, meetings, board membership and progress reports of studies and projects.

Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Board of Education for Librarianship surveyed library schools and outlined a provisional scheme for library education. The Board of Education for Librarianship surveyed schools, recommended minimum standards for types of library education, reported on teacher training, publications, financial aid and enrollment statistics.

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