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unusual facts about Library Association



Eleanor Doorly

For her biography of Marie Curie, The Radium Woman she won the 1939 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.

Information scientist

The IIS merged with the Library Association in 2002 to form the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

Tony Ross

Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers, about cats, he was highly commended runner up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.


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Baltimore County Public Library

:To Satisfy Demand: a Study Plan for Public Library Service in Baltimore County, Baltimore County Public Library's first strategic plan, became the model for the Public Library Association/American Library Association's Planning Process for Public Libraries.

Bethany, Oregon

The area's first public library was opened in July 2007 by a non-profit organization named the Cedar Mill Community Library Association, which has operated a library in nearby Cedar Mill since 1976.

Caney Creek High School

In September 2006, a parent, Alton Verm, requested that Caney Creek High School remove Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 from the curriculum, citing language and religious concerns; this request occurred during the American Library Association's "Banned Books Week".

Eugene P. Watson

He was a member of the American Library Association, the Modern Language Association, the Bibliographical Society of America, the Louisiana Historical Association, the Louisiana Chess Association, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Beta Phi Mu, Phi Kappa Rho, and Kappa Delta Pi.

Herman M. Chapin

Chapin was also president of the Cleveland Library Association in 1854 and 1858 and helped to establish the First Unitarian Church in 1854.

Maggie Anderson

In 2003, she received the Helen and Laura Kraut Memorial Ohioana Poetry Award from the Ohioana Library Association.

Michael Buckland

His writings include Library Services in Theory and Context (Pergamon, 1983; 2nd ed. 1988, ISBN 0-08-035754-7), Information and Information Systems (Praeger, 1991, ISBN 0-275-93851-4), Redesigning Library Services (American Library Association, 1992, ISBN 0-8389-0590-0), and Emanuel Goldberg and his Knowledge machine (Libraries Unlimited, 2006, ISBN 0-313-31332-6).

Nicolas Sidjakov

In 1961 he won the Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association for illustrating Baboushka and the Three Kings, a retelling

Open access

In 2013, open access activist Aaron Swartz was posthumously awarded the American Library Association's James Madison Award for being an "outspoken advocate for public participation in government and unrestricted access to peer-reviewed scholarly articles".

Paul Banks

Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (known informally as the Banks/Harris award), award by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association

The Madonna of Port Lligat

A poem and book based on The Virgin of Port Lligat by Fray Angelico Chavez, was selected as one of the best books of 1959 by the Catholic Library Association.

Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association

For example, in collaboration with Wisconsin Library Association, WEMTA members unified statewide advocacy for libraries, including an annual Library Legislative Day, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Library Association.

Yale Strom

His first children's book "The Wedding That Saved a Town", illustrated by Jenya Prosmitsky, was published by Kar-Ben Publishing in 2008 and won the San Diego Library Association's Best Illustrated Children's book award in 2009.