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ALA 150-Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services -A Timeline

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 06, 2026 10:45 AM
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25 Years of Outreach: A Bibliographic Timeline of the American Library Association, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services This document presents a "bibliographic timeline" spanning 25 years of the American Library Association (ALA), Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS). For each year ...

Gary O. Rolstad (1948-2005)-Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026, Digital Memorial

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 05, 2026 10:41 AM
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Gary O. Rolstad (1948-2005) Gary Rolstad, Associate State Librarian for Louisiana at the State Library of Louisiana, was a prolific writer and advocate for adult services in public libraries. In 2001 he was honored with the Anthony Benoit Career Award by the Louisiana Library Association. Gary was ...

RUSA History as We reach ALA 150

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 05, 2026 09:17 AM
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A lot of ALA History is in our journals. This article appeared in RQ, the former name of the RUSA journal (now RUSQ Quarterly). At ALA, before there was RUSA there was the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). Andrew M. Hansen, who was Director of RASD/RUSA at ALA HQ wrote a very detailed ...

RUSA History as We reach ALA 150

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 05, 2026 09:16 AM
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Keyes DeWitt Metcalf (1889 –1983)-Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 04, 2026 06:16 AM
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Keyes DeWitt Metcalf was acknowledged as one of the country's foremost librarians. Upon his retirement, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey, then the president of Harvard, praised him for having ''revitalized'' the university's libraries during his 17 years in charge. He was considered one of the 100 most important ...

Philip Hofer (1898-1984)- Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 03, 2026 07:44 AM
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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) Philip Hofer was a book collector, librarian, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard University in 1921. After working in business, he returned to study for a master's ...

Frederick Wilfrid ("Wilf") Lancaster (1933 – 2013). Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 16, 2025 07:20 AM
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Frederick Wilfrid ("Wilf") Lancaster (1933 – 2013) was a British-American librarian and information scientist. Lancaster was a great analytical thinker and had broad intellectual influence in the late 20th century. F.W. Lancaster immigrated to the US in 1959 and worked as information specialist for ...

Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award- Status?

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 13, 2025 07:08 AM
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Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award- Status?

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 13, 2025 07:08 AM
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As the Library History Round Table "Librarians We Have Lost" project grows, I am reviewing links and find that the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award has not been given for many years. Has this Award been eliminated? I am attaching the Tribute that was submitted for him. He was identified as one of the ...

Maynard J. Brichford (1926-2019)-Founder of the ALA Archives

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 07, 2025 06:42 AM
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Librarians We Have Lost Maynard J. Brichford, founder of the American Library association Archives. The Maynard J. Brichford tribute is posted at the ALA Institutional Repository and at The Library History Round Table blog: Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026, Digital ...

Foundational Books in LIS: 1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 29, 2025 06:42 AM
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"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?" Responses have been posted at the Library History Round Table blog, LHRT News and Notes. Foundational Books in Library Services – LHRT NEWS AND NOTES ...

RE: Library History Timeline

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 24, 2025 12:34 PM
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I hope there is some consideration of this excellent highpoint and that members of the LHRT are given an opportunity to review the next draft. --Kathleen Kathleen de la Peña McCook Distinguished University Professor of Librarianship School of Information, University of South Florida writes: ...

RE: What do YOU think? Highpoints of 150 years of ALA?

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 23, 2025 08:54 PM
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My fingers get ahead of my brain,too, sometimes. I remember Buffalo Bob and PrincessWinterFallSummerSpring very well.

What do YOU think? Highpoints of 150 years of ALA?

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 21, 2025 07:13 AM
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤? 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟓𝟎 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐋𝐀'𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 draft 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟓𝟎 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐋𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ...

RE: Library History Timeline

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 20, 2025 11:00 AM
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Yes--the LSA,LSCA, LSTA flowed from the 1948 Joeckel and Winslow National Plan that ALA published. I hope they include these. Thank you Bernadette. And your children's librarians observations are very important. This timeline will be referred to for years to come so even if past the deadline, I ...

Timeline of ALA's 150-year history.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 20, 2025 07:52 AM
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The message sent to members of the Library History Round Table by Jennifer Bartlett, Chair, Library History Round Table, 2025-26 reminded members to complete the survey by November 19. In reviewing the timeline I noted a two omissions that I thought were major ALA milestones: *𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐥, 𝐂.𝐁. & ...

RE: Library History Timeline

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 19, 2025 09:12 PM
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I hope every LHRT member reviews this and sends in the survey. There is so much more needed. More responses from LHRT are important. Here is what I responded. 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛� ...

Judith Hoffberg- Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 14, 2025 08:31 PM
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Judith Hoffberg (1934 – 2009), was cofounder of the Art Libraries Society of North America in 1972. She was a librarian, archivist, lecturer, curator and art writer, and editor and publisher of Umbrella, a newsletter on artist's books, mail art, and Fluxus art. Judith Hoffberg earned the B.A. in Political ...

Dr. Peggy Sullivan- Librarians We Have Lost, ALA Sesquicentennial Memories 1976–2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 13, 2025 03:42 PM
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Dr. Peggy Sullivan (Librarians We Have Lost, ALA Sesquicentennial Memories 1976–2026) Dr. Peggy Sullivan (1929-2020) was Chair of the Centennial Celebration of the American Library Association in 1976. Peggy Sullivan earned the Ph.D., University of Chicago Graduate Library School. 1972; ...

50 Year Classic-“Library Catalog in a Computerized Environment.”

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 12, 2025 06:26 AM
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