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For more than 30 years the Allerton Park Institute conferences have explored areas of emerging or continuing interest to practicing librarians. The conferences are organized around general themes and speakers are recognized experts in the subject areas.

The Allerton Park Institute Proceedings have been digitized through the Open Content Alliance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Included here will be all Allerton Park Institute proceedings except:

• No. 2 (1955) Developing the Library's Personnel Program Not published
• No. 5 (1958) Library Service to Young Adults Not published
• No. 26 (1980) Published in the journal Library Trends, 30:3, Winter 1982.
• No. 36 (1994) Published in the journal Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 21:2, 1995

Collections in this community

• 1954: The school library supervisor [17 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 1, 1954); Edited by Harold Lancour

• 1956: The nature and development of the library collection [12 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 3, 1956); Edited by Donald E. Strout and F. Thelma Eaton

• 1957: The library as a community information center [15 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 4, 1957); Edited by Rose B. Phelps and Janet Phillips

• 1959: The role of classification in the modern American library [13 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no.6, 1959); Edited by F. Thelma Eaton and Donald E. Strout

• 1960: Collecting science literature for general reading [15 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no.7, 1960); Edited by Frances B. Jenkins

• 1961: The impact of the Library services act : progress and potential [12 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 8, 1961); Edited by Donald E. Strout

• 1962: Selection and acquisition procedures in medium-sized and large libraries [13 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 9, 1962). Edited by Herbert Goldhor.

• 1963: The school library materials center: its resources and their utilization [12 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no.10, 1963); Edited by Alice Lohrer

• 1964: University Archives [9 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no.11, 1964). Edited by Rolland E. Stevens

• 1965: The changing environment for library services in the metropolitan area [14 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 12, 1965); Edited by Harold Goldstein

• 1966: Federal legislation for libraries [12 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 13, 1966); Edited by Winifred Ladley

• 1967: Trends in American publishing [11 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 14, 1967); Edited by Kathryn Luther Henderson

• 1968: Cooperation between Types of Libraries: The Beginnings of a State Plan for Libraries [9 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no.15, 1968); Edited by Cora E. Thomassen

• 1969: Serial Publications in Large Libraries [14 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 16, 1969); Edited by Walter C. Allen

• 1971: Libraries and neighborhood information centers [19 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 17, 1971); Edited by Carol L Cronus and Linda Crowe

• 1972: Information resources in the environmental sciences [20 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 18, 1972); edited by George S. Bonn

• 1973: CATV and its implications for libraries [12 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (No. 19, 1973); Edited by Cora E. Thomassen

• 1974: Collective Bargaining in Libraries [16 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 20, 1974); Edited by Frederick A. Schlipf

• 1975: Major classification systems : the Dewey Centennial [15 items]

  21st Allerton Park Institute (1975); Edited by Kathryn Luther Henderson

• 1976: Changing Times, Changing Libraries [12 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 22, 1976); Edited by George S. Bonn and Sylvia Faibisoff

• 1977: Children's Services of Public Libraries [27 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 23, 1977); Edited by Selma K. Richardson

• 1978: Supervision of Employees in Libraries [15 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 24, 1978); Edited by Rolland E. Stevens

• 1979: Organizing the Library's Support: Donors, Volunteers, and Friends [17 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 25, 1979); Edited by Donald W. Krummel

• 1981: Conserving and Preserving Library Materials [16 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 27, 1981); Edited by Katherine Luther Henderson and William T. Henderson

• 1986: Managers and missionaries : library services to children and young adults in the information age [22 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 28, 1986); Edited by Leslie Edmonds

• 1987: Critical Issues in Library Personnel Management [16 items]

  29th Allerton Park Institute (1987); Edited by Richard Rubin.

• 1988: Conserving and Preserving Material in NonBook Format [17 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 30, 1988); Edited by Katherine Luther Henderson and William T. Henderson

• 1989: Ethics and the Librarian [15 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 31, 1989); Edited by F.W. Lancaster

• 1990: Evaluation of Public Services and Public Services Personnel [14 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 32, 1990); Edited by Bryce Allen

• 1991: Applying Research to Practice [17 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 33, 1991); Edited by Leigh S. Estabrook

• 1992: Evaluating Children's Books: A Critical Look [16 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 34, 1992); Edited by Betsy Hearne and Roger Sutton

• 1993: Critical Issues in Library Management: Organizing for Leadership and Decision-Making [9 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 35, 1993); Edited by Bryce L. Allen and Terry L. Weech.

• 1995: How We Do User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Digital Libraries: A Methodological Forum [1 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (No. 37, 1995); Edited by Ann P. Bishop

• 1996: Libraries, People, and Change: A Research Forum on Digital Libraries [1 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 38, 1996); Edited by Ann P. Bishop and David M.Levy

• 1997: Story: From Fireplace to Cyberspace [27 items]

  Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 39, 1997); Edited by Betsy Hearne, Janice M. Del Negro, Christine Jenkins, and Deborah Stevenson

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