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First Legislation for Libraries
New York state legislature allows school districts to use some tax money to create a school library -
First Law to Allow Libraries to Fundraise
Massachusetts state legislature passed a law to allow school district libraries to raise money for operation. -
First Money Set Aside for Libraries
New York state legislature sets aside $55,000 a year to help continue to establish school libraries. -
The American Library Association
The American Library Association was created, and many publications on how to run a school library were started. -
More States Pass Laws for Libraries
19 state legislatures had passed some sort of law that helped the establishment and operation of school libraries. -
Law to Allow School Library Access to Tax Money
Much like the 1839 laws that were repealed, this law (passed in New York) allotted tax money to public school libraries in order for the libraries to buy books for their collections. -
NEA Joins the Library Movement
The National Education Association adds a Library Division because of growing support from the ALA and influential teachers. -
Standards for School Libraries Begin
New York formed a School Libraries Division that created and published the first standards for elementary school libraries to follow to ensure libraries were operating properly. -
First Trained Librarian Takes Job
The first person to graduate a library school in the United States takes a job at Erasmus Hall High School in New York City. -
Librarians Receive Their Deserved Raise
New York state legislature believes trained librarians are equivalent to teachers; therefore, librarians are now paid comparable salaries to trained teachers. -
More Standards are Developed
The Charles C. Certain Committee researched and drafted new standards of that created the idea of a modern media center and provided measurements for future standards to be based on. -
National School Library Standards
"School Libraries for Today and Tomorrow" is published nationally, and provides standards and a framework by which public school libraries follow. -
School Library Laws Repealed
There was a set back for public school libraries as the laws passed in 1837 and 1842 that provided tax money to school libraries was repealed in order to provide more money for public libraries. -
ALA Publishes Their Standards
The American Library Association published a set of standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians that focused on services offered, responsibility of school board, and developing successful library programs. -
The Media Center Grows
The American Association of School Libraries develop and publish a set of standards titled "Standards for School Media Programs." These standards highlighted the emergence of the media center rather than a collection of books at a library. -
No More Banned Books
The US Supreme Court passed down a decision limited the ability of a public school to limit books in a library because the school thought the material is objectionable. -
The White House is Involved
A White House Conference meets and reiterates the importance of public school libraries as the foundation of student's education. -
School Libraries Must Filter Internet
A Supreme Court decision requires school libraries that receive e-rate funding to have filters in place on the Internet to block inappropriate material. -
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Resource
The previous information was gathered from "Administering the School Library Media Center" by Betty J. Morris (2010)