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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world.

Works

Periodicals

Proceedings

See also: Papers and Proceedings of the General Meeting of the American Library Association

As publisher

Manual of Library Economy Series

Including an incomplete listing of edition years.

  • 1: American Library History (1919), by Charles Knowles Bolton
  • 2: Library of Congress (1911), by James Ingersoll Wyer
  • 3: The State Library, by William Warner Bishop
  • 4: The College and University Library (1921, revised 1928), by James Ingersoll Wyer
  • 5: Proprietary and Subscription Libraries (1912, revised 1917), by Charles Knowles Bolton
  • 6: The Free Public Library (1914), by Isabel Ely Lord
  • 7: The High-School Library (1915), by Gilbert O. Ward
  • 8: Special Libraries (1915), by R. H. Johnston
  • 9: Library Legislation (1921), by William Frederick Yust
  • 10: The Library Building (1912, revised 1918), by W. R. Eastman
  • 11: Circulation Work (1927), by Carl Vitz
  • 12: Training of Librarianship (1911, 1920, 1928), by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
  • 13: Administration of a Public Library (1913, 1920, 1923), by Mary Wright Plummer
  • 14: Library Service (1931), by Emma V. Baldwin
  • 15: Branch Libraries and other Distributing Agencies (1911, 1923) by Linda A. Eastman IA
  • 16: Book Selection (1915, 1922, 1925, 1930), by Elva L. Bascom
  • 17: Order and Accession Department (1911–1930), by F. F. Hopper and Carl L. Cannon
  • 18: Classification (1916, 1925), by Corinne Bacon
  • 19: The Catalog (1927), by Harriet E. Howe
  • 20: Shelf Department (1911, 1918, 1930), by Josephine Adams Rathbone IA
  • 21: Loan Work (1919), by Carl Vitz
  • 22: The Reference Department (1929), by Charles F. McCombs,
  • 23: Government Documents (State and City) (1915, 1922), by James Ingersoll Wyer IA
  • 24: Bibliography (1915), by Isadore Gilbert Mudge IA
  • 25: Pamphlets and Minor Library Material (1917), by James Ingersoll Wyer IA
  • 26: Bookbinding (1911), by Arthur L. Bailey (external scan)
  • 27: Commissions, State Aid and State Agencies (1913, 1923), by Asa Wynkoop IA
  • 28: Classification (1919, 1923), by Corinne Bacon
  • 29: Library Work with Children (1915), by Clara Whitehill Hunt
  • 30: Library Work with the Blind (1915, 1930), by Mary C. Chamberlain
  • 31: Publicity for Small Libraries (1929), by Carl L. Cannon
  • 32: Library Printing (1923), by Frank K. Walter

Handbook Series

  • 3: Management of Traveling Libraries (1907), by Edna D. Bullock IA

Works about the ALA

Presidents

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