Guam Library Association

The Guam Library Association (GLA) is a professional organization for Guam's librarians and library workers based in Hagatna.[1] It was founded in 1965 and became an affiliate of the American Library Association in 1967, an affiliation which it lost in 1975 and regained sometime in the late 1980s.[2][3][4] GLA is also a member of the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums.[5] Membership in the association is open to librarians and library workers, but also to the general public who are interested in improving the civilian and military libraries of Guam.[6]

Guam Library Association
NicknameGLA
Formation1965, 1989
Parent organization
American Library Association
Websiteguamlibraryassociation.org

There was an earlier group in Guam also called the Guam Library Association, but it was created in 1947 in order to support the formation of public libraries on Guam.[7] GLA was dormant for a period of time in the 1970s and 1980s and officially "re-launched" in 1989.

References
  1. "State and Regional Chapters". About ALA. 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  2. "Library Association Wins Affiliation". Guam Daily News. October 13, 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. "ALA Midwinter in Chicago". Library Journal. March 1, 1975. p. 427. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. International handbook of contemporary developments in librarianship. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1981. p. 372. ISBN 0313213720. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. "Guam hosts regional conference on libraries". The Guam Daily Post. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  6. "Art Topic for Library Association". Guam Daily News. November 10, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. Battle, Lisa (June 23, 1957). "'All Hands' Helped a Modest Beginning". The Territorial Sun News and Views of the Marianas. p. 10. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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