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The American Library Association celebrated its centennial in 1976. In commemoration the association published Libraries and the Life of the Mind in America. [32] [33]The American Library Association Archives, established at the time of the centennial, created an online exhibit which includes a history of the centennial.
The Library Code of Ethics was created by the American Library Association (ALA). The document is a guideline for librarians and other library associates on how to uphold the values that libraries symbolize. [1] It currently includes nine core principles that "are expressed in broad statements to guide ethical decision making". [2]
ALA-LC (American Library Association – Library of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications [ edit ]
The Library Bill of Rights was adopted by the American Library Association Council on June 19, 1939. It was amended in 1944, 1948, 1961, 1967, and 1980. The inclusion of 'age' was reaffirmed in 1996. [1] ALA added a seventh article addressing privacy in 2019. [2] The document currently reads:
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
Jun. 18—The Alabama Public Library Association has vocalized a number of concerns local libraries could be facing, including requirements to receive state funding and the likelihood of temporary ...
The ALA-LC Romanization tables comprise a set of standards for romanization of texts in various languages, written in non-Latin writing systems. These romanization systems are intended for bibliographic cataloguing, and used in US and Canadian libraries, by the British Library since 1975, [1] and in many publications worldwide.
The A.L.A. Catalog, also known as the Catalog of A.L.A. Library, as one of the most popular booklists developed by experts, is the “first general book selection guide cooperatively prepared for use by American public libraries.” [3] Before the development of the catalog, Melvil Dewey first promoted the idea of a universal library collection guide in an article “The Coming Catalogue” in ...