Brief Description: School Library Packets including reprints of articles on school libraries from the 1965-66 ALA Bulletin and the 1962 NEA Journal, pamphlets and notices published by the AASL, reprints of speeches, selection guidelines, a reprint from School Libraries on The Knapp School Libraries Project, a pamphlet prepared jointly by AASL and NEA on School Library Programs in Rural Areas (1966) and ALA newsletters, School Activities and the Library concerned with the Standards for School Media Programs and booklists (1968-70) which include lists of Caldecott and Newbery Medal books. This series also contains the packets for "On Target: Promotional Ideas for School Library Month" (1989), "School Library Media Month" (1987), and "Intellectual Freedom Packet" (1989).

Record Series Number: 20/3/4

Created by: American Association of School Librarians (AASL) (1915-)

Volume: 0.2 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 4/26/74

Arrangement: Chronological

Biographical Note for American Association of School Librarians (AASL) (1915-) :

The first annual meeting of the School Libraries Section was held in East Hall, University of California, at 9:30 Saturday morning, June 5, 1915, with an attendance of 250. In the opening meeting, the purpose of the section was outlined. "The school library being one of the great problems of library endeavor, it is fitting that there should be a section in the American Library Association devoted to the discussion of work with all classes of schools" (1).

The American Association of School Librarians (ASSL) is interested in "the general improvement and extension of library services for children and young people."

The American Association of School Libraries became a division of ALA on January 1, 1951. Formerly it was a section of the Division of Libraries for Children and Young People; and before 1941 it was the School Libraries Section of ALA organized in 1915 (2).

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