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North Carolina Library Association
Professional association for librarians in North Carolina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) is a professional organization for North Carolina's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in High Point, North Carolina.
The NCLA was founded on May 14, 1904, in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] The original organization had 32 charter members with Annie Smith Ross from the Carnegie Library in Charlotte as president.[1] Other early presidents included charter members Annie Florence Petty and Joseph Penn Breedlove.[2]
North Carolina had separate associations for black and white librarians until 1955.[3] The North Carolina Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library association chapter in the ALA.[4][5][6] The American Library Association decided to only allow one library association chapter per state, and as a result NCLA agreed to admit black members in 1954 and the two associations merged in 1955.[4][7]
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