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Colorado Association of Libraries

Professional association for librarians in Colorado

Colorado Association of Libraries

Nickname	CAL
Formation	1893; 131 years ago (1893)
Tax ID no.	75-2995829
Headquarters	Arvada, Colorado
President	Ryan F. Buller
Parent organization	American Library Association
Website	cal-webs.org

The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) is a professional organization for Colorado's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in Arvada, Colorado. It was established in 1893 as the Colorado Library Association.^[1]^[2] John Cotton Dana was elected president of the organization in 1895 but left after taking a controversial position on the gold standard and John Parsons succeeded him.^[3]^[2] The organization faltered in 1896 and then was "resuscitated" in 1905.^[4] Alfred Whitaker was the president of the association in 1905.^[4]

The organization has been registered as a state non-profit since 1968.^[5] The Colorado Association of Libraries was formed in 2001 through a merger of the Colorado Library Association and the Colorado Educational Media Association.^[6]

Current status

Ryan F Buller of the University of Denver is the current CAL Executive Board President, with Tiah Frankish serving as President Elect.^[7] CAL members include librarians, library employees, public library trustees, education administrators, library service providers, library vendors, volunteers and library supporters, as well as institutions and corporations from public, school, academic and specialty libraries.^[8]

References

^ Dana, John Cotton (2016-10-23). "Colorado Library Association". Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Colorado : Colorado Department of Public Instruction. Colorado Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ ^a ^b Mattson, Kevin (2000). "The Librarian as Secular Minister to Democracy: The Life and Ideas of John Cotton Dana". Libraries & Culture. 35 (4): 514–534. JSTOR 25548869.
^ "State Library Associations". Library Journal. 21 (11): 503. November 1896. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b Parsons, John (January 1917). "Alfred Edward Whitaker". Colorado Library Association Occasional Leaflet. Vol. 2, no. 1. p. 1. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ Kent, A.; Lancour, H. (1971). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 5 - Circulation to Coordinate Indexing. Library and Information Science Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-8247-2005-6. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ Nicoletti, Kimberly (October 18, 2002). "Bash draws authors off the page". Summit Daily. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ "Colorado Association of Libraries - CAL Executive Board". cal-webs.org. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
^ "Colorado Association of Libraries - About Us". cal-webs.org. Retrieved 2020-09-03.