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US Library Laws and Associations Overview

The document discusses library associations and laws governing libraries in different parts of the world. It outlines topics covered by state library legislation in the United States, including the founding, administration, development of school and rural libraries, and traveling libraries. It also lists some major international and national library associations, such as the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and national associations for countries like the US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Public library advocacy is described as support given to public libraries for their financial and philosophical goals through donations, campaigns or advocacy groups like Friends of Libraries.

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US Library Laws and Associations Overview

The document discusses library associations and laws governing libraries in different parts of the world. It outlines topics covered by state library legislation in the United States, including the founding, administration, development of school and rural libraries, and traveling libraries. It also lists some major international and national library associations, such as the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and national associations for countries like the US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Public library advocacy is described as support given to public libraries for their financial and philosophical goals through donations, campaigns or advocacy groups like Friends of Libraries.

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Chapter 1 Appendix

1.1 Appendix 1: Library Laws in the United States


In the United States, state library agencies have oversight of the public library situation within their
boundaries. State library legislation has concerned itself mainly with the following topics:

1. founding of libraries

2. their administration and supervision by library commissions, etc.

3. development of school libraries

4. development of country and rural libraries

5. development of traveling libraries

Legislative reference bureaus and provision for popular lectures and for educational extension by
means of the library are provided for by some states.

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1.2 Appendix 2: Associations
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading
international association of library organisations. It is the global voice of the library and information
profession, and its annual conference provides a venue for librarians to learn from one another. [161]

Library associations in Asia include the Indian Library Association (ILA),[162] Indian Association of


Special Libraries and Information Centers (IASLIC), [163] Bengal Library Association (BLA), Kolkata,
[164]
 Pakistan Library Association,[165] the Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization, [166] the Bangladesh
Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists, the Library Association of
Bangladesh and the Sri Lanka Library Association (founded 1960).

National associations of the English-speaking world include the American Library Association,


the Australian Library and Information Association, the Canadian Library Association, and
the Research Libraries UK (a consortium of 30 university and other research libraries in the United
Kingdom). Library bodies such as CILIP (formerly the Library Association, founded 1877) may
advocate the role that libraries and librarians can play in a modern Internet environment, and in the
teaching of information literacy skills.[155][167]

Public library advocacy is support given to a public library for its financial and philosophical goals or
needs. Most often this takes the form of monetary or material donations or campaigning to the
institutions which oversee the library, sometimes by advocacy groups such as Friends of
Libraries and community members. Originally, library advocacy was centered on the library itself, but
current trends show libraries positioning themselves to demonstrate they provide "economic value
to the community" in means that are not directly related to the checking out of books and other
media.[168]

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