Connecticut Library Association

The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) is a professional organization for Connecticut's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut. [1]It was founded on February 23, 1891, in New Haven, Connecticut with the purpose of promoting "library interests by discussion and interchange of ideas and methods, and not to 'trench upon the province of the American Library Association.'"[2][1] The first regular CLA meeting was held in the Wadsworth Atheneum in May of 1891.[1]CLA's initialmembership was thirty people and dues were fifty cents.[3] The first CLA president of the Association was Addison Van Name who served from the organization's founding in 1891 to 1892.[1] CLA urged the state of Connecticut to provide incentives for towns to make their libraries public.[4] The state responded by offering grants of up to $200 yearly for libraries to spend on books.[4][5]

Connecticut Library Association
NicknameCLA
MottoLeading the way for Connecticut libraries since 1875
FormationFebruary 23, 1891 (1891-02-23)
HeadquartersMiddletown, Connecticut
Parent organization
American Library Association
Websitectlibraryassociation.org

References
  1. "Past Presidents". Connecticut Library Association. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  2. "Connecticut Library Association, 1891-1995 (RG 127)". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. Young, A.P. (1988). American Library History: A Bibliography of Dissertations and Theses. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-8108-2138-5. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  4. "A History of the Deep River Public Library". Deep River Public Library. 1900-05-26. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  5. Connecticut. Public Library Committee (1893). Connecticut Public Library Document. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
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