Association of Liberated Librarians Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes organizational documents made and collected by the Association of Liberation Librarians (ALL). This includes bylaws, membership and job/volunteer announcements, meeting minutes and reports, newsletters, correspondence, and material relating to site visits. Since many of the organizers and later leaders of the Association of Liberated Librarians (ALL) also held leadership positions in both the District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA) and the DC Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), this collection also includes some organizational material from these organizations.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1997
Creator
- Association of Liberated Librarians (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Use
No known restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
The Association of Liberation Librarians (ALL) was a group of librarians "liberated" from the 9-to 5 routine - retired, self-employed, part-time employed, unemployed, an occasional student who met monthly and visited libraries, archives and galleries in the Washington, D.C. area. ALL began in 1981 as a subgroup of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government's Metropolitan Library Council. The founding members were retirees, part-timers, contractors and freelance librarians, all of whom were acquainted with each other through membership in the District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA) and the Special Libraries Association (SLA) DC chapter. The original intent of ALL was not limited to fellowship and site visits - it also included service as a clearinghouse for volunteer and part-time work opportunities for its members and information of particular interest to retirees.
Extent
0.75 Linear feet
3 Boxes
Arrangement
Series 1: Bylaws and Organization
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Ephemera
Series 4: Meeting Minutes
Series 5: Membership
Series 6: Newsletters
Series 7: Programs
Series 8: Site Visits
Series 9: Peripheral Organizations
Custodial History
Provenance unknown.
Processing Information
Standard archival processing procedures were applied to the collection at the time of processing.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Association of Liberated Librarians Records
- Subtitle
- An inventory of Association of Liberated Librarians Records at DC Public Library
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Raymond Maxwell.
- Date
- December 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository