Guide to the Records of the Australian School Library Association

MS 6098

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Collection Summary

Creator: Australian School Library Association
Title: Records of the Australian School Library Association
Date Range: 1969-1985
Collection Number: MS 6098
Extent: 9.3 metres (42 boxes + 1 folio + 1 carton)
Language of Materials: English
Repository: National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Correspondence files (1969-1974) created by John Ward in his capacity as Secretary of the Australian School Library Association. The Secretariat was situated in Melbourne, during the period of this correspondence. Also includes further correspondence, minutes, reports, and conference arrangements. Contains material relating to A.S.L.A., I.F.L.A., Children’s Book Council, W.A.S.L.A. and related bodies.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2032159).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Australian School Library Association, National Library of Australia, MS 6098, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The first part of the collection was acquired by the Library in the 1970s (Files 1-2). Additions were made to the collection in May 1980 (Files 3-23), February 1981 (Files 24-28), 16 February 1983 (Files 29-94), 25 February 1983 (Files 95-100), May 1985 (Files 101-112) and November 1985 (Files 113-115). Further material was added in 1987.

The consignment of 11 November 1985 included tapes of the 1970 A.S.L.A. Conference. The tapes are held in the Oral History Collection at TRC 1884.

Arrangement

The order of the files is chronological within consignments.

Administrative History

The Australian School Library Association was founded in 1969, John Ward was its first secretary.

Item Descriptions

Class. Material received 1970s-1985

Correspondence, 1969-1972 (File 1) - Box 1

Correspondence, 1972-1974 (File 2) - Box 1

National Conference no.4 (File 3) - Box 1

Seminar-Victoria. “Planning Primary School Libraries” (File 4-5) - Box 1

Children’s Book Council - minutes (File 6) - Box 1

National conferences (File 7) - Box 1

“General file” and “Visit of Mr R. Case from U.S.A.” (File 8) - Box 1

Western Australia S.L.A. Seminar (File 9) - Box 2

Maxwell visit P.P.S.L.S. - N.S.W. (File 10) - Box 2

Children’s Book Council (File 11) - Box 2

“Case”; “P.P.S.L.S. - Qld.”; “Miscellaneous” (File 12) - Box 2

Australian Library Promotion Council (File 13-15) - Box 2

Robert Case report (File 16) - Box 2

Architects (File 17) - Box 2

Children’s Book Council - general correspondence (File 18-19) - Box 2

“Primary Award” and “Secondary Award” (File 20) - Box 3

I.F.L.A. (File 21-23) - Box 3

Correspondence, January-March, 1970 (File 24) - Box 3

Correspondence, April-May, 1970 (File 25) - Box 3

Correspondence, June-July, 1970 (File 26) - Box 3

Correspondence and conference arrangements, August 1970 (File 27) - Box 3

Correspondence, September-December, 1970 (File 28) - Box 3

Letters for mass circulation and printed matter, 1969 (File 29-30) - Box 4

Minutes etc, 1971 (File 31-33) - Box 4

Minutes etc, 1972 (File 34-35) - Box 4

Minutes etc, 1972 (File 36) - Box 5

Minutes etc, 1972 (File 37-40) - Box 5

Correspondence, 1972 (File 41) - Box 5

Minutes, 1973 (File 42) - Box 5

Minutes etc, 1973 (File 43-44) - Box 6

Secretary’s personal correspondence, 1973 (File 45-47) - Box 6

Correspondence, 1973-1974 (File 48-49) - Box 6

Correspondence, 1973-1974 (File 50-51) - Box 7

Minutes etc, 1974 (File 52-54) - Box 7

Minutes etc, 1974 (File 55-56) - Box 7

Minutes etc, 1974 (File 57-59) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1974 (File 60-61) - Box 8

Correspondence and minutes, 1975 (File 62-64) - Box 8

A.S.L.A./L.A.A. Joint Committee (File 65) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1976 (File 66) - Box 9

Minutes etc, 1977 (File 67) - Box 9

Minutes etc, 1977 (File 68-70) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1978 (File 71-72) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1979 (File 73-78) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1980 (File 79) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1980 (File 80-83) - Box 11

Council file, 1980 (File 84) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1981 (File 85) - Box 11

General file correspondence, 1981 (File 86-87) - Box 11

General file correspondence, 1981-1982 (File 88) - Box 12

General file correspondence, 1982 (File 89-90) - Box 12

General file, 1982 (File 91) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1983 (File 92) - Box 12

Council file, 1983 (File 93-94) - Box 12

Correspondence and documents re 8th Conference A.S.L.A., 1982 (File 95-97) - Box 12

Correspondence and documents, 1982 (File 98) - Box 12

Correspondence re 8th Conference ASLA, 1982 (File 99) - Box 12

Conference report, 1982 (File 100) - Box 12

A.S.L.A./L.A.A. Joint Submission to the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Education and the Arts. Minutes, manifestos and drafts, 1979(?) (File 101) - Box 12

Papers on copyright, drafts, occasional papers (File 102) - Box 12

Minutes and reports, 1979-1980 (File 103) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1980 (File 104) - Box 14

Correspondence re 7th Conference, 1980 (File 105) - Box 14

Minutes, correspondence re Conference, 1980 (File 106) - Box 14

Correspondence, 1980 (File 107) - Box 14

School library personnel (File 108) - Box 14

Correspondence, 1980 (File 109) - Box 14

Teacher training and library skills - draft document (File 110) - Box 14

Correspondence, 1980 (File 111) - Box 15

From black binder (File 112) - Box 15

Lists of councillors (File 112) - Box 15

Constitution (File 112) - Box 15

Result of ballot for amendment to the constitution (File 112) - Box 15

Report, 1976 (File 112) - Box 15

Directory of school library associates (File 112) - Box 15

Report “Standards and Objectives for School Libraries” (File 113) - Box 15

Correspondence, 1972 (File 113) - Box 15

Correspondence, 1972 (File 114) - Box 15

Minutes etc, 1973 (File 115) - Box 15

Class. Material added 18 March 1987

This addition to the records comprises correspondence, mostly 1970-1976, minutes, agendas, conference papers, publications and ballot papers.