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The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamo Journal by William Bailhache and Edward Baker, and describes itself as "the oldest newspaper in Illinois". As such, it and its editor, Edward L. Baker, supported the political career of the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln in the years before the American Civil War; in fact, it was in the Journal ' s office that Lincoln and his friends waited ...
The Joseph W. Lippincott Award was established in 1938 by the American Library Association. [1]It is presented annually to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship, such service to include outstanding participation in the activities of the professional library association, notable published professional writing, or other significant activity on behalf of the ...
Established in 1952, [3] Jefferson County Public Library was founded on a commitment to freedom through knowledge for all residents. It began when several small municipal libraries came together under one system. During its 59-year history [when?] as a county library system, the collection has grown from 35,000 items to more than 1.3 million items.
California Library Association Website Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona Website Los Angeles Chapter of Association for Information Science & Technology Website
The men of Louisville formed the first county library association in 1867, with its first meeting held on April 2 of that year. [5] Not much is known of the collection size of the library during the 19th century, but soon after the turn of the century, in 1907, the library passed control over to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Honorary Membership conferred by the American Library Association is the Association's highest award. [1] " Honorary membership may be conferred on a living citizen of any country whose contribution to librarianship or a closely related field is so outstanding that it is of lasting importance to the advancement of the whole field of library service.
State law requires Illinois public libraries to "provide, as determined by the State Librarian, library services which either meet or show progress toward meeting Illinois library standards, as most recently adopted by the Illinois Library Association." [6] Illinois Library Laws and Rules in Effect January 2020 is a compilation of all current ...
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers at the Library of Congress; eCirc at the Audit Bureau of Circulations, provides circuluation figures based on latest FAS-FAX Report; Illinois Press Association; Terence A. Tanner Collection at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign