Louisiana Library Association

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Louisiana Library Association
State of Louisiana with a book inside it, the name of the org and the date it was founded 1925, in a vaguely blue color
NicknameLLA
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Parent organization
American Library Association

The Louisiana Library Association (LLA) is a professional organization for Louisiana's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The LLA publishes The LLA Bulletin (est. 1937) and Louisiana Libraries magazine.[1][2]

It was originally founded in 1909, called the Louisiana State Library Association, after a call for a statewide library group from the New Orleans Library Club.[2][3] An initial meeting of thirty people was held at Tulane University in 1909 with the goal of increasing the number of trained librarians in the state and drafting library legislation.[3][4] The main speaker was Chalmers Hadley from the American Library Association.[3] The LLA fell into some disorder during and after World War I, and was reorganized in 1925.[1] The LLA Convention or Conference began in 1909 has been held annually (except for 1914-1924, 1933, and 1945).[1]

LLA became a chapter member of the American Library Association in 1939, and has been a member since then with the exception of a period from March 5, 1963 through mid-1965 when the Executive Board of LLA resigned from ALA because the organization was not integrated.:25[1][2][5][6] LLA had voted in 1947 to admit Black members, but because of state segregation laws had not been able to implement the change.[7] Before 1965 the Louisiana Colored Teachers’ Association (later called the Louisiana Education Association) had a libraries section which counted public, school, and academic librarians among its members.[8] The first Black president of LLA was Idella Washington who was elected in 1998.[2]

The Association bestows the Essae Martha Culver award for lifetime contributions to librarianship in Louisiana.[9] In 2019 the award was given to Dr. Alma Dawson, the first African American so honored.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "LOUISIANA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECORDS, Finding Aid" (PDF). LSU Libraries. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Harris, Steven (Fall 2003). "Civil Rights and the Louisiana Library Association: Stumbling toward Integration". Libraries & Culture. 38 (4): 322–350. doi:10.1353/lac.2003.0065. JSTOR 25549125. S2CID 142142538.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Louisiana Library Commission (2017-05-05). "Report. v.1-13 1925-49". hdl:2027/mdp.39015036842436. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "FIELD WORK OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION". Internet Archive. 1910-01-01. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  5. ^ Lipscomb, Carolyn E. (2005). "Race and librarianship: part II". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 93 (3): 308–10. PMC 1175796. PMID 16059419.
  6. ^ Louisiana Library Association manual (PDF). 2015. p. 24. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. ^ Barrett, Kayla; Bishop, Barbara (Spring 1998). "Integration and the Alabama Library Association: Not so Black and White". Libraries & Culture. University of Texas Press. 33 (2): 141–161. JSTOR 25548612.
  8. ^ Harris, Steven R. (2017-07-20), Battle Cry: the American Library Association and Its Southern Chapters during the Civil Rights Movement, Center for Open Science, doi:10.31229/osf.io/hp2kf
  9. ^ Jumonville, Florence M. Essae M. Culver and the Genesis of Louisiana Parish Libraries LSU Press, 2019, p.177.

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