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Idaho Library Association

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Idaho Library Association
NicknameILA
FormationDecember 29, 1915;108 years ago(1915-12-29)
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HeadquartersBoise, Idaho
Parent organization
American Library Association
Websitewww.idaholibraries.org

TheIdaho Library Association(ILA) is a professional organization forIdaho'slibrariansand library workers based inBoise, Idaho.

History[edit]

The Idaho Library Association was founded as the Idaho State Library Association on December 29, 1915, atBoise High Schoolduring a meeting called byMargaret S. Roberts,the librarian of the Free Traveling Library Commission.[1][2]

Gretchen L. Smith, a librarian at the Idaho Technical Institute inPocatello,was the association's first president.[2][3]The association changed its name to the Idaho Library Association in 1962 and became officially incorporated in 1967.[2]

Publications[edit]

The Idaho LibrarianISSN2151-7738was the journal of the Idaho Library Association until 2016.[4]TheLiLAC Newsletteris a quarterly newsletter published by the Library Leadership Advisory Committee.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Librarians Of The State To Meet".Evening Capital News.Boise ID. December 28, 1916. p. 2.Retrieved13 February2020.
  2. ^abc"About".Idaho Library Association.1915-12-29.Retrieved2020-02-13.
  3. ^"Alumnae Department".Barnard Bulletin.February 23, 1917.Retrieved13 February2020.
  4. ^"The Idaho Librarian".The Idaho Librarian.2014-10-10.Retrieved2020-02-13.
  5. ^"Publications".Idaho Library Association.2019-05-08.Retrieved2020-02-13.

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