Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); American Library Association, Training
Class Section Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia
University Library.
COinS Metadata
available (e.g., for Zotero).
Summary Information
Abstract
Correspondence and related files of the Training Class Section
At a Glance
Bib ID: | 4078589 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | American Library Association. Training Class
Section. |
Title: | American
Library Association, Training Class Section Records
1917-1931.
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Physical description: | .5 linear ft (ca. 600 items in 1 box).
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Language(s): | In English
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Access: |
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
two business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
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Arrangement
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Description
Scope and Content
Correspondence and related files of the Training Class Section, including samples of
curricula, pamphlets describing a library's program, entrance examinations, evaluation
forms, personality tests, etc. Among the chief correspondents are Marie A. Newberry,
Carrie E. Scott, Faith L. Allen, and Vera S. Cooper.
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Using the Collection
Offsite
Access Restrictions
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
two business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material
from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University
Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to
publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission
rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); American Library Association, Training
Class Section Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia
University Library.
Finding aid in repository.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 03/23/1989 Christina Hilton Fenn
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2011-03-08
XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Subjects
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History / Biographical Note
History
The Training Class Section was concerned with the training of
library staff members through training and apprentice classes given by individual
libraries and with the dissemination of information on classes and class methods. The
emphasis was on public library training classes.
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