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Benjamin Franklin
A library was included in the plans for his academy. -
Law Passed
State legislature allowed school districts to use tax monies to establish and maintain school libraries. -
Second Act Passed
$55,000 was set aside annually to be given on a matching-fund basis for the establishment of school district libraries. -
American Library Association
Association was created by librarians and led by Melvil Dewey. -
Library Journal
First issue of Library Journal appeared this year, as well as Public Libraries in the United States of America: Their History, Condition, and Management. -
Bill Passed
Served as a model of library legislation in all states and allowed growth within New York City's school libraries. -
Library Section
NEA created its Library Section. -
First Graduate
The first graduate of a library school in the US served as a school librarian in Erasmus Hall High School. -
Salary Regulations
A librarian's salary was made comparable to teachers. -
Certain Report
The ALA approved and published the Standard Library Organization and Equipment for Secondary Schools.
*First set of frameworks to evaluate libraries. -
Second Certain Report
The ALA and NEA approved a second certain report, Elementary School Library Standards. -
National Defense Education Act
Provided financial aid to purchase equipment, library books, and other educational materials. -
Standards for School Library Programs
AASL developed a new set of national standards that influenced and the development of state and local standards. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Title II of this act provided millions of dollars to be spent in developing school libraries. -
Standards for School Media Programs
Standards produced by AASL and DAVI that unified the media programs. -
White House Conference
The first White House Conference on Library and Information Science was held to discuss recommendations such as media services and a national library act. -
Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court made a decision on a 6 year long case involving a book banning. This case backed up users's rights to intellectual freedom. -
Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Program
This document by the AECT and AASL was produced to promote that the school media specialist serves as a proactive initiator and participatve partner to educators. -
Legislative Day
Library professional met collectively to lobby to their governor and legislators for increased state funding. -
Information Power
These standards expanded the role of the library media specialist (instructional partner and program administrator) and also emphasized flexible scheduling, informational literacy, and collaborative planning. -
White House Conference
This conference focused on the latest library research as well as ideas to make a library media center successful.