Library Anniversaries 2007
Submit additions to this list to Larry T. Nix at nix@libraryhistorybuff.org.
ALA President Elect Loriene Roy is trying to identify
library anniversary events that coincide with her upcoming ALA Presidential Year
(June 2007 to early July 2008). Go to the following site to submit your
anniversary event:
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/prez_elect/anniversary/index.html.
For information on
celebrating library anniversaries go to:
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/anniversaries.htm.
The
Boston Athenaeum on Beacon Street in 1855 from The Athenaeum Centenary,
1907
200th anniversary of the Boston Athenaeum
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/baevents.html
175th anniversary
of the Law Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-019.html
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law-about.html
160th anniversary of the founding of the Young Men’s Association Library in Milwaukee, WI, the predecessor of the Milwaukee Public Library
155th anniversary of the Boston Public Library
135th anniversary of the passage of the Illinois and Wisconsin free public library laws
135th anniversary of the Black
Rivers Falls Public Library, the first public library in Wisconsin
http://www.blackriverfallslibrary.org/
130th anniversary of the first international conference of librarians held in London
130th anniversary of the British Library Association
125th anniversary of the St.
Paul Public Library (Minnesota)
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/125/index.html
120th anniversary of the Columbia College School of Library Economy (and library education in America)
115th anniversary of the Library Department of the Drexel Institute
110th anniversary of the Georgia Library Association and the Georgia Library Commission
100th anniversary of the
ALA Bulletin, the predecessor of American Libraries
http://blogs.ala.org/AL100.php
http://www.oklibs.org/
100th anniversary
of the passage of the law that established the modern Federal Depository Program
for government documents, 34 US Stats 1014. Land grant colleges became
depositories.
http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/snapshot.html
100th anniversary
of the Marathon County (WI) Public Library
http://www.mcpl.lib.wi.us/
100th anniversary of the Boulder Public Library (Colorado) and dozens of other public libraries throughout the nation
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=161
90th anniversary of the establishment of the American Library Association’s Library War Service
80th anniversary of the
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
http://www.ifla.org/
75th anniversary of the Folger Shakespeare
Library
http://www.folger.edu/pr_preview.cfm?prid=163&is_archived=0
70th anniversary of LLA Bulletin, the predecessor of Louisiana Libraries
50th anniversary of the Library Administration
and Management Association (LAMA) of ALA
http://blogs.ala.org/lama50.php
50th anniversary of the Truman Presidential Museum
and Library
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/index.php
40th anniversary
of the OCLC Online
Computer Library Center
http://www.oclc.org/about/history/default.htm
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