July 2nd marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of SLA. On that day in 1909, some 20 attendees at the ALA annual conference met separately on the verandah of the Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H., USA, to form SLA and adopt a constitution that defined the “Object” as follows:
“The object of this Association is to promote the interests of the commercial, industrial, technical, civic, municipal and legislative reference libraries, the special departments of public libraries, universities, welfare associations, and business organizations.”
(For more on the founding of SLA, see Guy St. Clair’s book SLA at 100, published by SLA for the Centennial.)
Happy Anniversary! Here’s to the next 100 years (and more)!
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