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business libraries, and the S. L. A. is to-day
engaged in close cooperation with the
A. L. A. in giving practical advice and aid
to business concerns in the organization of
special libraries.
The S. L. A. is governed by an Executive
Board and also an Advisory Council of
representatives of commercial, financial, in-
surance, legislative reference, technical,
industrial and welfare libraries. The asso-
ciation meets annually, generally at the same
time and place as the A. L. A. ; prominent
business men attend and address its sessions.
The Association has won for itself a unique
place because of its insistent campaign in
behalf of the practical use of available infor-
mation, and because of its success in stimu-
lating interest in business libraries and in
extending special libraries to every field in
which men earn a living. The S. L. A. issues
an official magazine called Special Libraries,
which appears monthly, except during July
and August; this magazine contains articles
descriptive of the development, work, and
methods of special Ubraries, and notes im-
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