History
In 1977, two ALA divisions, the American Association of State Library Agencies (founded in 1957) and the Health and Rehabilitative Library Services Division (founded in 1956 as the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries) merged and took on the name ASCLA. The independent librarians joined ASCLA in 1998 when their ALA round table, Independent Librarians’ Exchange Round Table (ILERT), voted to merge with the division. In the election of 2017, the Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT) voted to merge into ASCLA. In the ALA elections of 2018, the name was voted to be changed from Association of Specialized, and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) to implement the merger with the former Federal and Armed Forces Librarians Round Table. The Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries included the former Division of Hospital Libraries and the former Institution Libraries Committee. The Division of Hospital Libraries was established by Council in 1944, following a petition by 300 ALA members. The Division replaced the Hospital Libraries Round Table, and formed the beginnings of the new division, which was authorized by Council in June 1956. The State Library Agencies Division became a division of ALA on January 1, 1957. It was created out of the Committee on State Library Agencies. The Committee on State Library Agencies had been established by the Executive Board, January 1950, with a charge to "outline a proposal for a study of state library agencies as a basis for setting standards and strengthening services." The officers of theCommittees
ASGCLA had the following committees: * Accessibility Assembly * Awards Committee * Board of Directors * Conference Programming Committee * Executive Committee * Finance and Planning Committee * Guidelines for Library & Information Services for the American Deaf Community * Interest Group Coordinating Committee * Membership Committee * Nominating Committee * Online Learning Committee * President's Program Planning Committee * Publications Committee urrently inactive* Web Presence CommitteeInterest Groups
ASGCLA Interest Groups were virtual groups hosted on ALA Connect, the active online member community site of ALA. Each community came together to share knowledge and enthusiasm for a specific subject and made valuable contributions to ASGCLA and its core interests of strengthening the usefulness, efficiency and services of: * Library agencies and individuals which provide library materials and service to populations with special needs, such as those with sensory, physical, health or behavioral conditions or those who are incarcerated or detained * State library agencies, which are state organizations created to promote library services in the state through a variety of library services * Library cooperatives, which are combinations, mergers, or contractual associations of one or more types of libraries * Independent librarians who work outside of traditional library settingsList of ASGCLA Interest Groups
*Alzheimer's & Related Dementias Interest Group *Armed Forces Librarian Interest Group *Bridging Deaf Cultures @ your library *Collaborative Digitization Interest Group *Consortial eBooks Interest Group *Consortium Management Interest Group *Consumer Health Information Librarians Interest Group *Federal Librarian Interest Group *Future of Libraries *Library Consultants Interest Group *Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained *Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities *Library Services for Youth in Custody *LSTA Coordinators Interest Group *Physical Delivery Interest Group *State Library Agencies – Library Development Interest Group *State Library Agencies – Youth Services Consultants *Tribal Librarians Interest Group *Universal Access Interest GroupElected Leaders: Presidents and Councilors
ASGCLA Presidents
* 1978-79 Phyllis I. Dalton * 1979-80 Edward Seidenberg * 1980-81 Carmela M. Ruby * 1981-82 Anne Marie Falsone * 1982-83 Nancy L. Wareham * 1983-84 Christine L. Kirby * 1984-85 James A. Nelson * 1985-86 Gail J. McGovern * 1986-87 Bridget Lamont * 1987-88 Lorraine D. Summers * 1988-89 Joseph F. Shubert * 1989-90 William G. Asp * 1990-91 Clarence R. Walters * 1991-92 Duane F. Johnson * 1992-93 Janice Beck Ison * 1993-94 Barbara L. Perkis * 1994-95 Amy Owen * 1995-96 Leslie B. Burger * 1996-97 Kate F. Nevins * 1997-98 Nancy M. Bolt * 1998-99 John M. Day * 1999-00 Barbara H. Will * 2000-01 Donna Dziedzic * 2001-02 Jerry Krois * 2002-03 Ethel Himmel * 2003-04 Tom W. Sloan * 2004-05 Peggy D. Rudd * 2005-06 Diana M. Paque * 2006-07 Marilyn M. Irwin * 2007-08 Barbara T. Mates * 2008-09 Carol Ann Desch * 2009-10 Brenda Bailey-Hainer * 2010-11 Diana Reese * 2011-12 Norma Blake * 2012-13 Stacey A. Aldrich * 2013-14 Sara Laughlin * 2014-15 Kathleen Ann Moeller-Peiffer * 2015-16 Rhonda Gould * 2016-17 Michael Golrick * 2017-18 Jeannette Smithee * 2018-19 Adam Szczepaniak * 2019-20 Sherry MachonesDivision Councilors
* 1979-1981 Susan M. Haskin * 1981-1985 Barratt Wilkins * 1985-1989 Donna Dziedzic * 1989-1993 Suzanne J. Lebarron * 1993-1997 Lorraine S. Summers * 1997-2001 Jan Ison * 2001-2004 Marilyn M. Irwin * 2004-2007 Cynthia Roach * 2007-2010 Kendall French Wiggin * 2010-2012 Kendall French Wiggin esigned* 2012-2015 Liz Bishoff * 2015-2018 Chris Corrigan * 2018-2021 Michael GolrickArchives
The archives of ASGCLA are in the archives of the American Library Association, housed at theReferences
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