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LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND TRAINING The first and largest association established for the study of librarianship was the See also:

AMERICAN

American Library Association (1876). The Library Association of the See also:

UNITED

United See also:

KINGDOM

Kingdom was formed in 1877 as an outcome of the first See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Library See also:

CONFERENCE

Conference, held at See also:

LONDON

London, and in 1898 it received a royal See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter. It publishes a See also:

YEAR

Year See also:

BOOK

Book, the monthly Library Association See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record, and a number of professional handbooks. It also holds See also:

EXAMINATIONS

examinations in See also:

LITERARY

Literary See also:

HISTORY

History, Bibliography and Library See also:

ECONOMY

Economy, and issues certificates and diplomas. There are also See also:

ENGLISH

English and Scottish See also:

DISTRICT

district library associations. The Library Assistants Association was formed in 1895 and has branches in different parts of See also:

England, See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and See also:

Ireland. It issues a monthly See also:

MAGAZINE

magazine entitled The Library Assistant. There is an important Library Association in See also:

Germany which issues a year-book giving See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information concerning the See also:

LIBRARIES

libraries of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and a similar organization in See also:

Austria-See also:

Hungary which issues a magazine at irregular intervals. An Association of Archivists and Librarians was formed at See also:

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels in 1907, and there are similar See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies in See also:

France, See also:

Italy, See also:

Holland and elsewhere. In every country there is now some See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of association for the study of librarianship, archives or bibliography. International conferences have been held at London, 1877; London, 1897; See also:

Paris (at See also:

EXHIBITION

Exhibition), 1903; St See also:

Louis, 19041 Brussels (preliminary), 1908; and Brussels, 1910.

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