The Library History Buff

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Library Anniversaries 2007

Submit additions to this list to Larry T. Nix at nix@libraryhistorybuff.org.

ALA President Elect Loriene Roy is trying to identify library anniversary events that coincide with her upcoming ALA Presidential Year (June 2007 to early July 2008).  Go to the following site to submit your anniversary event:
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/prez_elect/anniversary/index.html.

For information on celebrating library anniversaries go to:
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/anniversaries.htm.

The Boston Athenaeum on Beacon Street in 1855 from The Athenaeum Centenary, 1907

200^th anniversary of the Boston Athenaeum
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/baevents.html

175^th anniversary of the Law Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-019.html
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law-about.html

160^th anniversary of the founding of the Young Men’s Association Library in Milwaukee, WI, the predecessor of the Milwaukee Public Library

155^th anniversary of the Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/guides/history.htm

135^th anniversary of the passage of the Illinois and Wisconsin free public library laws

135^th anniversary of the Black Rivers Falls Public Library, the first public library in Wisconsin
http://www.blackriverfallslibrary.org/

130^th anniversary of the first international conference of librarians held in London

130^th anniversary of the British Library Association

125^th anniversary of the St. Paul Public Library (Minnesota)
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/125/index.html

120^th anniversary of the Columbia College School of Library Economy (and library education in America)

115^th anniversary of the Library Department of the Drexel Institute

110^th anniversary of the Georgia Library Association and the Georgia Library Commission

100^th anniversary of the ALA Bulletin, the predecessor of American Libraries
http://blogs.ala.org/AL100.php

100^th anniversary of the Oklahoma Library Association
http://www.oklibs.org/

100^th anniversary of the passage of the law that established the modern Federal Depository Program for government documents, 34 US Stats 1014. Land grant colleges became depositories.
http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/snapshot.html

100^th anniversary of the Marathon County (WI) Public Library
http://www.mcpl.lib.wi.us/

100^th anniversary of the Boulder Public Library (Colorado) and dozens of other public libraries throughout the nation

100^th anniversary of the National Library of Wales
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=161

90^th anniversary of the establishment of the American Library Association’s Library War Service

80^th anniversary of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
http://www.ifla.org/

75^th anniversary of the first public library preschool story hour at the Racine (WI) Public Library

75^th anniversary of the Folger Shakespeare Library
http://www.folger.edu/pr_preview.cfm?prid=163&is_archived=0

70^th anniversary of LLA Bulletin, the predecessor of Louisiana Libraries

50^th anniversary of the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) of ALA
http://blogs.ala.org/lama50.php

50^th anniversary of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/index.php

40^th anniversary of the OCLC Online Computer Library Center
http://www.oclc.org/about/history/default.htm

30^th anniversary of the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/

25^th anniversary of the America's Libraries and the Library of Congress postage stamps of 1982.

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