Sesquicentennial Favorites: Results of a Query to ALA Connect
Q. October 5, 2024.
The ALA sesquicentennial is 2026. What books do people at ALA Connect identify as foundational to library services in the last 50 or so years?
A. October 14, 2024
Here are the answers from people at ALA Connect who sent responses to the Q. of October 5, 2024. This is a list of books compiled from anyone who wished to respond among 40.4K ALA Connect members. All responses included. Some books have gone through multiple editions.
Sesquicentennial Favorites ; Results of a Query to Readers of ALA Connect.
1976- 1979
1976. Molz, Redmond Kathleen. Federal Policy and Library Support. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
1976. Sullivan, Peggy. Carl H. Milam and the American Library Association. New York: H.W. Wilson.
1977. Libraries and the Life of the Mind in America: Addresses Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the American Library Association. Chicago: The Association, 1977.
1977. Estabrook, Leigh S. Libraries in Post-Industrial Society. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.
1977. Lancaster, F. Wilfrid. The Measurement and Evaluation of Library Services. Washington: Information Resources Press.
1979. Freedman, Maurice J., S. Michael Malinconico, and ALA Information Science and Automation Division. The Nature and Future of the Catalog: Proceedings of the ALA's Information Science and Automation Division's 1975 and 1977 Institutes on the Catalog. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.
1979. Garrison, Dee. Apostles of Culture: The Public Librarian and American Society, 1876-1920. New York: Macmillan Information.
1979. Weibel, Kathleen and others. The Role of Women in Librarianship, 1876-1976: The Entry, Advancement, and Struggle for Equalization in One Profession. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press.
1980-1989
1980. Palmour, V. E., Bellassi, M. C., & DeWath, N. V. A Planning Process for Public Libraries. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
1981. Shiflett, Orvin Lee. Origins of American Academic Librarianship. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Pub. Corp.
1982. Barber, Peggy. Sixty-Eight Great Ideas: The Library Awareness Handbook. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association.
1987. Van House, Nancy A., Douglas Zweizig, and Public Library Association New Standards Task Force. Output Measures for Public Libraries: A Manual of Standardized Procedures. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association.
1987. McClure, C. R. Planning and Role Setting for Public Libraries. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
1990-1999
1991. Bopp, Richard E., and Linda C. Smith. Reference and Information Services: An Introduction. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited.
1991. Cassell, Kay Ann, and Elizabeth Futas. Developing Public Library Collections, Policies, and Procedures: Manual for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
1993. Your Right to Know: The Call to Action. Patricia Schuman and the American Library Association Presidential Right to Know Committee. Chicago: American Library Association.
1994. Josey, E. J. The Black Librarian in America Revisited. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
1994. Smith, Henrietta M. and American Library Association Coretta Scott King Task Force. The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: From Vision to Reality. Chicago: American Library Association.
1995. Herald, Diana Tixier. Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction. Englewood, Co.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
1996. Turock, Betty J. Envisioning a Nation Connected: Librarians Define the Public Interest in the Information Superhighway. Chicago: American Library Association.
1998. Alire, Camila A., and Orlando Archibeque. Serving Latino Communities. New York: Neal-Schuman.
1998. Carmichael, James V. Daring to Find Our Names: The Search for Lesbigay Library History. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
1998. Barbara J. Ford and Kate Lippincott. Libraries: Global Reach, Local Touch. Chicago: American Library Association.
1998. Gorman, Michael, Paul W. Winkler, and Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. 2d., 1998 revision. Ottawa, London, Chicago: Canadian Library Association; Library Association; American Library Association.
1998. Himmel, E., & Wilson, W. J., with the ReVision Committee of the Public Library Association. Planning for Results: A Public Library Transformation Process. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
1998. Rubin, Richard. Foundations of Library and Information Science. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
1999. Krummel, Donald William. Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra: A Celebration of Historical Library Functions. Champaign, Ill.: Publications Office, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2000-2009
2000. Gorman, Michael. Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century. Chicago: American Library Association.
2000. McCook, Kathleen de la Peña. A Place at the Table: Participating in Community Building. Chicago: American Library Association.
2001. Budd, John. Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press.
2001. Kranich, Nancy C. Libraries & Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty. Chicago: American Library Association.
2003. Buschman, John. Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.
2003. Freeman, Robert S., and David M. Hovde. Libraries to the People: Histories of Outreach. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co.
2004. Dawson, Alma, and Connie Van Fleet. African American Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.
2004. Osborne, Robin, and ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services. From Outreach to Equity: Innovative Models of Library Policy and Practice. Chicago: American Library Association.
2006. Knuth, Rebecca. Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.
2007. Rayward, Boyd. W., and Christine Jenkins. Libraries in Times of War, Revolution, and Social Change. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
2007. Samek, Toni and others. Librarianship and Human Rights: A Twenty-First Century Guide. Oxford, England: Chandos Publishing.
2008. Lewis, Alison M. Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian. Duluth, Minn.: Library Juice Press.
2010-2019
2011. Roy, Loriene, Anjali Bhasin, and Sarah K. Arriaga. Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Preserving Our Language, Memory, and Lifeways. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.
2011. A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age. Washington, D.C: Library of Congress.
2013. Lipinski, Tomas A. The Librarian's Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, American Library Association.
2015. Kagan, Alfred. Progressive Library Organizations: A Worldwide History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
2015. Wiegand, Wayne A. Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2016. Harger, Elaine. Which Side Are You on? Seven Social Responsibility Debates in American Librarianship, 1990-2015. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
2017. Cooke, Nicole A. Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.
2018. Clarke, Janet Hyunju, Raymond Pun, and Monnee Tong, eds. Asian American Librarians and Library Services: Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
2018. Cloonan, Michèle Valerie. The Monumental Challenge of Preservation: The Past in a Volatile World. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
2018. Dowd, Ryan. The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone. Chicago: ALA Editions.
2020- today
2022. Austin, Jeanie. Library Services and Incarceration: Recognizing Barriers, Strengthening Access. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman.
2023. Jaeger, Paul T., Jonathan Lazar, Ursula Gorham, and Natalie Greene Taylor. Foundations of Information Law. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman.
2023. Kennedy, Elisabet. Embracing Culturally Responsive Practice in School Libraries. Chicago: ALA Editions.
2023. Knox, Emily. Foundations of Intellectual Freedom. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman.
2023. Laskin, Kodi. Serving Patrons with Disabilities: Perspectives and Insights from People with Disabilities. Chicago: ALA Editions.
2024. Crummé, Hannah Leah, Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman.
2024. Hayden, Carla Diane and Library of Congress, David M. Rubenstein, Treasures Gallery. Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress. Washington, DC: Library of Congress.
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Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Distinguished University Professor
School of Information
University of South Florida
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