Английская Википедия:Alabama Public Library Service
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The Alabama Public Library Service is the official state library agency of Alabama located in Montgomery, Alabama. They assist all established public libraries and advise communities that may want to establish public libraries.[1] They also provide library services to state employees, and administer the Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (BPH).[2]
History
Alabama's created legislation for a tax-supported State Law Library available to legislators on January 19, 1828.[3]Шаблон:Rp Alabama didn't create a separate agency for funding and administering public libraries until 1959 and did not create a tax-supported system serving every county until 1974.[3]Шаблон:Rp Much of the public library development in the state was done by the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC) and the Alabama Library Association.[3]Шаблон:Rp The Alabama Department of Archives was created in 1901 and expanded to include a Library Extension Division in 1907.[3]Шаблон:Rp That group helped manage library development in the state and was also charged with acquiring statistics about libraries in Alabama.[3]Шаблон:Rp In 1931 the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs and the Alabama Library Association promoted legislation that would create and fund a state library agency but it was vetoed by Governor Benjamin Miller.[3]Шаблон:Rp In March of 1939, the Public Library Service Division (PLSD) was created within the Alabama Department of Archives with a small budget and its own executive board separate from ADH, with Lois Ranier Green as its first director.[3]Шаблон:Rp When the Works Progress Administration Library Program was created in 1935, it funded 523 workers in Alabama and doubled the PLSD's funding.[3]Шаблон:Rp By 1974, all Alabama counties had access free tax-supported public libraries.[3]Шаблон:Rp
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