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The '''Kansas Library Association (KLA)''' is a professional organization for [[Kansas]]'s [[librarians]] and library workers. It was founded on December 27, 1900, in the office of the state librarian, after an earlier meeting organized by Anna LaPorte Diggs.<ref name="polk">{{cite book |title=Polk Topeka, Kansas, city directory |date=1905 |page=123 |url=https://archive.org/details/polktopekakansas00unse/page/122/mode/2up/ |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="KLA00">{{cite web | title=History | website=Kansas Library Association | date=1900-05-17 | url=https://kslibassoc.org/History | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> James L. King of [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] was elected the first president.<ref name="KLA00" /> KLA became an official state chapter of the [[American Library Association]] in 1922.<ref name="ALA">{{cite news |title=Chicago Mid-Winter Meetings |url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinamerica04assogoog/page/n11/mode/2u |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=Bulletin of the American Library Association | |
The '''Kansas Library Association (KLA)''' is a professional organization for [[Kansas]]'s [[librarians]] and library workers. It was founded on December 27, 1900, in the office of the state librarian, after an earlier meeting organized by Anna LaPorte Diggs.<ref name="polk">{{cite book |title=Polk Topeka, Kansas, city directory |date=1905 |page=123 |url=https://archive.org/details/polktopekakansas00unse/page/122/mode/2up/ |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="KLA00">{{cite web | title=History | website=Kansas Library Association | date=1900-05-17 | url=https://kslibassoc.org/History | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> James L. King of [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] was elected the first president.<ref name="KLA00" /> KLA became an official state chapter of the [[American Library Association]] in 1922.<ref name="ALA">{{cite news |title=Chicago Mid-Winter Meetings |url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinamerica04assogoog/page/n11/mode/2u |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=Bulletin of the American Library Association |volume=16 |issue=1 |date=January 1922}}</ref> |
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KLA was one of the first state library associations in the US to have a publicity committee which sent news of Kansas libraries direct to media outlets.<ref name="DC">{{cite journal |title=Library Activities During 1913-1914 |journal=Report of the Commissioner of Education made to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/reportcommissio11unkngoog/page/n538/mode/2up/ |accessdate=12 February 2020 |publisher=United States Bureau of Education |location=Washington : G.P.O.}}</ref> KLA publishes ''Kansas Libraries Magazine''.<ref name="KLA">{{cite web | title=Kansas Libraries Magazine | website=Kansas Library Association | url=https://kslibassoc.org/Kansas_Libraries_Magazine | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> |
KLA was one of the first state library associations in the US to have a publicity committee which sent news of Kansas libraries direct to media outlets.<ref name="DC">{{cite journal |title=Library Activities During 1913-1914 |journal=Report of the Commissioner of Education made to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/reportcommissio11unkngoog/page/n538/mode/2up/ |accessdate=12 February 2020 |publisher=United States Bureau of Education |location=Washington : G.P.O.}}</ref> KLA publishes ''Kansas Libraries Magazine''.<ref name="KLA">{{cite web | title=Kansas Libraries Magazine | website=Kansas Library Association | url=https://kslibassoc.org/Kansas_Libraries_Magazine | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> |
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| Nickname | KLA |
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| Formation | December 27, 1900 |
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Parent organization | American Library Association |
| Website | kslibassoc |
The Kansas Library Association (KLA) is a professional organization for Kansas's librarians and library workers. It was founded on December 27, 1900, in the office of the state librarian, after an earlier meeting organized by Anna LaPorte Diggs.[1][2] James L. King of Topeka was elected the first president.[2] KLA became an official state chapter of the American Library Association in 1922.[3]
KLA was one of the first state library associations in the US to have a publicity committee which sent news of Kansas libraries direct to media outlets.[4] KLA publishes Kansas Libraries Magazine.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Polk Topeka, Kansas, city directory. 1905. p. 123. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "History". Kansas Library Association. 1900-05-17. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Chicago Mid-Winter Meetings". Bulletin of the American Library Association. Vol. 16, no. 1. January 1922. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Library Activities During 1913-1914". Report of the Commissioner of Education made to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1914. Washington : G.P.O.: United States Bureau of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Kansas Libraries Magazine". Kansas Library Association. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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