1905
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The ALA has produced a number of publications during its history. The Booklist, a guide to current library materials, began publication in 1905. It continues to be published today.
ALA Bulletin, now American Libraries, began very shortly after Booklist in 1907.
ALA began holding an annual business meeting, which became the ALA Midwinter Meeting.
After the closure of the ALA headquarters in Boston, the first of the Chicago headquarters opened. The next headquarters were established in 1909 in space donated by the Chicago Public Library. Headquarters were at that location until 1924.
The Chicago Cultural Center was the main public library building in Chicago at the time.
The Junior Members Round Table (now the New Members Round Table) began meeting as an informal group at the conference in New Haven, Conn.
"Public Libraries" is the official journal of the Public Library Association. It was first published (Vol. 1, No.1) on January, 1947.
RUSA begins publishing RQ in November of 1960.
The name of the publication has since changed to Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ).
AASL begins publication of Knowledge Quest.
In 1998 the ALA Council voted commitment to five Key Action Areas as guiding principles for directing the Association’s energies and resources: Diversity, Equity of Access, Education and Continuous Learning, Intellectual Freedom, and 21st Century Literacy.