The Tennessee Library Association (TLA) is a professional organization that offers support for library staff working in Tennessee.
It is headquartered in
Memphis, Tennessee.
TLA was originally organized in
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
on May 29, 1902, by members of the
Nashville Public Library staff and the Nashville Library Club and had 41 members by 1905.
G.H. Baskette, president of the Nashville Public Library, was the first president of TLA and served from 1902 to 1913.
The first annual meeting of the association was in Nashville on January 18, 1905 and had an opening address by
Governor Frazier.
TLA publishes a regular newsletter and a quarterly journal called ''Tennessee Libraries'' (ISSN:1935-7052).
References
External links
Tennessee Library Association websiteSoutheastern Library Association website
Library associations in the United States
Organizations based in Tennessee
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