North Carolina Library Association Explained
| North Carolina Library Association |
| Nickname: | NCLA |
| Logo Alt: | three little swirly things in bluegreen tones with the letters NCLA in the middle |
| Tax Id: | 56-6064053 |
| Parent Organization: | American Library Association |
The North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) is a professional organization for North Carolina's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in High Point, North Carolina. It was founded on May 14, 1904, in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] The original organization had thirty-two charter members and Mrs. Annie Smith Ross from the Carnegie Library in Charlotte was the association's first president.
North Carolina had separate associations for black and white librarians until 1955.[2] The North Carolina Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library association chapter in the ALA.[3] [4] [5] The American Library Association decided to only allow one library association chapter per state, and as a result NCLA agreed to admit black members in 1954 and the two associations merged in 1955.[6]
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Notes and References
- News: The North Carolina Library Association . 29 January 2020 . Greensboro Telegram . November 8, 1908 . Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Fox . Charlesanna . President's Corner . North Carolina Libraries . 1955 . 13 . 2 . 70 .
- "Any Ideas?": The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South . Libraries: Culture, History, and Society . The Pennsylvania State University Press . 1 . 1 . 2017 . 2473-0343 . 10.5325/libraries.1.1.0001 . 1.
- Web site: North Carolina Negro Library Association . Little Known Black Librarian Facts . 2011-09-15 . 2020-01-29.
- Poole . Alex H. . “Could My Dark Hands Break through the Dark Shadow?”: Gender, Jim Crow, and Librarianship during the Long Freedom Struggle, 1935–1955 . The Library Quarterly . University of Chicago Press . 88 . 4 . 2018 . 0024-2519 . 10.1086/699269 . 348–374.
- Lee . Mollie Huston . North Carolina Negro Library Association . North Carolina Libraries . Winter 1977 . 35 . 1 . 13–33.
