The Carnegie Library School of Atlanta (1905 - 1988) was a training school for librarians in Atlanta, Georgia. Emory University has a collection of the school's files. Originally known as Southern Library School, it opened September 20, 1905, with Anne Wallace as its director. It affiliated with Emory University in 1925 and remained the only nationally accredited library school until 1930. It closed in 1988. In 1921, the Director of the Carnegie Library School,

Tommie Dora Barker Tommie Dora Barker (Nov. 15, 1888 – Feb. 6, 1978) was an American librarian and founding dean of Emory Library School in Atlanta, Georgia. She also served as a regional field agent, representing southern libraries, for the American Library Assoc ...

, opened the Auburn Avenue Branch Library, the first branch library for blacks in Atlanta. A Carnegie Library, it was located in the

Sweet Auburn Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugars. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones, ...

neighborhood. The

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History is a special library within the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. It is in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn Historic District. The Auburn Avenue Research Library opened in 19 ...

succeeded it.

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