Open AccessThe American Library Association: The landmarks of international library and bibliographic cooperation (1876–1976)
Author(s) -
П. В. Прихожев
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
naučnye i tehničeskie biblioteki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-8601
pISSN - 1027-3689
DOI - 10.33186/1027-3689-2021-5-129-144
Subject(s) - library science , promotion (chess) , association (psychology) , national library , political science , key (lock) , period (music) , work (physics) , computer science , engineering , law , psychology , politics , mechanical engineering , physics , computer security , acoustics , psychotherapist
During the first 100 years of its existence, the American Library Association (ALA), the oldest national library association in the world, contributed much to the international library and bibliographic cooperation. The author describes the key areas of ALA international activity during the period under review. He identifies the following areas: support of building national library associations of other countries, projects and programs of international information exchange, promotion of basic democratic principles of libraries’ work, shared cataloguing, building the professional library education system, creation of the library periodicals and others. Based on the facts revealed in the periodicals, the author claims that national library associations are among the key instruments of library development both on the national and international levels. The fact that the American Library Association played a critical role in interlibrary relations strengthening during the described period evidences the association’s importance in the process of international library cooperation development.