Welcome to the ALA Archives Digital Collections. The collections listed here are part of the ALA Archives collections that have been digitized. We use CONTENTdm digital collection software suite by DiMeMa, Inc. as part of the university-wide digital collection management system.

Below is list of available ALA Archives Digital Collections along with the descriptions for each collection. Physical measurement is in Width x Height format. The information on Record Group/SubGroup/Series, Box Number, and Folder Title fields correspond to the physical storage of the materials. Use these information if you intend to access the physical materials. Resource Identifier is the file name of the Master Image (TIF). The CD_Volume field contains information of the CD-ROM volume name that holds the Master Image. The DigitalDimensions, Format, Resolution, and FileSize fields' values represent the Master Images. BROWSE All Available Collections To browse a specific collection, click on the Collection Name listed below.

SEARCH 1. Across All Fields: 2. Librarian Name: 3. Coverage - Year: 4. Digitized Material: Photographs Photographs-Black and White Photographs-Color Photographs-Panoramic Postcards Postcards-Black and White Postcards-Color Negatives Negatives-Black and White Negatives-Color Slides Slides-Black and White Slides-Color Posters Manuscripts  5. Power Search (Use combination of fields)

Theme: Conference Photographs
Sub-Theme(s): F. W. Faxon Collections
Inclusive Dates: 1894-1932

Description:
This collection contains mainly of group pictures of librarians attending the ALA conferences in U.S. and Canada, covering the period of 1894-1932, with the exception of 1896. The collection includes the Two War-Time Conferences photographs. All photographs in this colletion were taken by F. W. Faxon. This photographs collection is part of a larger collection of Conference Photographs.
Digitized Materials for this collection: Photographs-Black and White | Photographs-Black and White-Panoramic

Subjects:

ALA Ex-Presidents Buildings Cotton States Group Picture Hotels Individual Picture

St. Louis Fair The Twins Train Stations Two War-Time Conferences Unknown Picture

Technical Information:

MASTER Images Total number of images: 152 Scan Type: 8-bit grayscale Format: Uncompressed TIF Resolution: 300 dpi (1894-1919), 600 dpi (1919-1932) Stored on CD-ROMs CD Volume(s): ALA-9901014-5-1 & ALA-9901014-5-6

ACCESS Images Total number of images: 152 Type: 8-bit grayscale Format: JPEG Resolution: 72 dpi Stored on server (accessible from the Internet)

Scanner: Microtek ScanMaker 5
Digital Conversion Period: Aug - Dec 2002
Digitizer: Aditya Nugraha / Data Entry: Aditya Nugraha

Collection Description for the physical Conference Photographs series (99/1/14) can be accessed at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/ala/ccard/ALAControlCard.asp?RG=99&SG=1&RS=14
Finding Aid (box and folder listing) for the whole record series 99/1/14 can be accessed at:http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/alasfa/9901014a.pdf

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Library Building Photographs Collection

Theme: Library Building Photographs
Sub-Theme(s): Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Unidentified.
Inclusive Dates:

Description:
This collection contains pictures of library buildings in photographic papers and postcards. Some of the pictures are in the form of paintings and other kinds of artist-rendering arts. Some postcards were from F. W. Faxon collection. Each postcard has two images, the front and back. Your search result for a specific postcard might have three images: the front image, the back image, and the compound object. The description field of the front image will contain the transcription on the front of the postcard. Likewise, the description field of the back image will contain the transcription on the back of the postcard (except the personal note and/or information). A compound object is a record that "ties" together the front and back images of a postcard. Most fields in a compound object record will contain the same information as the ones in the front and back image records. The Description field only contains instruction to see the front and back image records for detailed transcriptions.
Digitized Materials for this collection: Postcards-Black and White | Postcards-Color | Photographs-Black and White | Negatives-Black and White

Subjects:

Library buildings [state_name] Public libraries Academic libraries Military libraries Photography of interiors

Hospital libraries Military hospitals High school libraries

Technical Information:

MASTER Images Total number of images: [ongoing project] Scan Type: 8-bit grayscale(black and white postcards); 24-bit color (color postcards) Format: Uncompressed TIF Resolution: 600 dpi (photographs); 300 dpi (postcards) Stored on CD-ROMs CD Volume(s): ALA-9901015-1

ACCESS Images Total number of images: [ongoing project] Type: 8-bit grayscale (black and white postcards), 24-bit color (color postcards) Format: JPEG Resolution: 72 dpi Stored on server (accessible from the Internet) Note: Personal note and information on access images had been masked due to privacy and copyright issues..

Scanner: Microtek ScanMaker 5
Digital Conversion Period: Dec 2002 - present
Digitizer: Aditya Nugraha / Data Entry: Aditya Nugraha

Collection Description for the physical Library Building Photographs series (99/1/15) can be accessed at:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/ala/ccard/ALAControlCard.asp?RG=99&SG=1&RS=15
No Finding Aid (box and folder listing) available for record series 99/1/15.

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Composed by: Aditya Nugraha (anugraha_a@yahoo.com)
Created: May 2003
Last updated: July 25, 2003