Brief Description: Subject File (1975-2011) of the ALA Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA), including convention materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, presentations, programs, publications, reports, talks, and toolkits, concerning the ALA-APA and other ALA divisions and committees, diversity in the library field, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Jenifer Grady (ALA-APA Director, 2003-11), the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC), the Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC), the Medical Library Association (MLA), National Library Workers Day, the SirsiDynix Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers, state library associations (Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Wyoming), and unions.

Record Series Number: 9/5/6

Created by: ALA Allied Professional Association

Volume: 1.6 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 01/00/2020.

Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject, thereunder chronologically

Biographical Note for ALA Allied Professional Association : The ALA Allied Professional Association is a nonprofit organization chartered in the State of Illinois for the purpose of promoting "the mutual professional interests of librarians and other library workers." The ALA-APA is a companion organization to the American Library Association (ALA), an educational association chartered in the State of Massachusetts to "promote library service and librarianship." Establishment of the ALA Allied Professional Association was authorized by the ALA Council in June 2001, to enable the certification of individuals in specializations beyond the initial professional degree. In January 2002, with the approval of preliminary bylaws, the scope of the organization was broadened to include advocacy for the "mutual professional interests of librarians and other library workers."

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