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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

notable names and the Association has always
exerted a predominating influence. During
the European War the Library War Ser-
vice of the American Library Association
came to be known from coast to coast and
almost everywhere in the battle area ; its story
has been too well told to need rehearsal. The
Association, commonly referred to as the
A.L.A., is now engaged in cooperation with
other national library associations in carrying
out an Enlarged Program in keeping with
progressive ideas of library service.
The association holds an annual conference
in the late spring or early summer, and in
addition holds each year a midwinter ^ meet-
ing generally at about Christmas time. The
annual meetings are held sometimes in one
part of the country, sometimes in another;
the midwinter meeting is held in Chicago.
The meetings are generally well attended.
The A. L. A. issues a quarterly Bulletin
which describes its activities and which con-
tains the proceedings of its annual meetings.
These conferences provide a forum for con-
1 Not an annual meeting of the whole A. L. A-
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