Leadership in Legislation and Public Policy Development: The Case of the American Library Association

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1992
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Library Trends
Volume
40
Issue
3
Pagination
431-456
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Abstract
Examines the US federal legislative and information policy leadership roles of the American Library Association. A brief history of ALA's Washington office is followed by a review of research and scholarship on the objectives and techniques of public interest lobbying. The outcomes of 2 legislative initiatives from the 1979 White House Conference on Libraries and Information, the National Indian Omnibus Library Bill, and the National Periodicals Centre, are examined to see what can be learned that is potentially relevant to legislative proposals emerging from the Second White House Conference.