{"id":2845,"date":"2016-10-06T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/?page_id=2845"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:05:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:05:16","slug":"1-curators-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/1-curators-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Curators&#8217; Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\">\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-9 sh-pb-3\">\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2845 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2015\/07\/NortonsLiteraryRegister.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2015\/07\/NortonsLiteraryRegister-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2373\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2373'>\n\t\t\t\t1853 Librarians&#8217; Convention\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/06\/ALA0002059.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/06\/ALA0002059-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1405\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1405'>\n\t\t\t\t1876 ALA Conference\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161005_0004.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161005_0004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3924\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3924'>\n\t\t\t\t1926 ALA Conference &#8211; 50th Anniversary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/06\/ALA0002060.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2014\/06\/ALA0002060-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1404\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1404'>\n\t\t\t\t1951 ALA Conference &#8211; 75th Anniversary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0002064.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0002064-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3933\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3933'>\n\t\t\t\t1976 ALA Conference &#8211; 100th Anniversary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since at least 1853, efforts have been made to organize the library profession nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The American Library Association was organized at the 1876 Congress of Librarians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This exhibit highlights A.L.A. Archives holdings from that time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To all A.L.A. conference organizers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">past, present, and future:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">thank you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>-Salvatore, Cara, Madison, Sharon, and Leanna<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/2-1853-conference\/\">The 1853 Convention of Librarians<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-3 sh-pb-3\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/1-curators-note\/\">Curators\u2019 Note<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/2-1853-conference\/\">The 1853 Convention of Librarians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/3-1853-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: the 1853 Convention of Librarians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/4-1876-conference\/\">The 1876 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/5-1876-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1876 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/6-1926-conference\/\">The 1926 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/7-1926-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1926 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/8-1951-conference\/\">The 1951 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/9-1951-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1951 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/10-1976-conference\/\">The 1976 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/11-1976-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1976 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since at least 1853, efforts have been made to organize the library profession nationally and internationally. The American Library Association was organized at the 1876 Congress of Librarians. This exhibit highlights A.L.A. Archives holdings from that time. To all A.L.A. conference organizers, past, present, and future: thank you! -Salvatore, Cara, Madison, Sharon, and Leanna The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"parent":2829,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2845","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7310,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2845\/revisions\/7310"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}