1 he Friends of Libraries Committee of the Public Relations Section of the
Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), as should
be well known by now, has given birth to a new group called Friends of
Libraries U.S.A. Some of the reasons which led to this development should
be singled out. The first is the healthy state of friends of libraries today:
there are at least 2000 groups, with a membership which has been conservatively
estimated at one-half million members. The second is the directory
which lists these groups.
1 The third is a book of essays on library
friends groups, scheduled for publication in November 1980, complementing
the book by Sarah Wallace issued in 1962.2 Another strong influence is the
newsletter, called Friends of the Library National Notebook.3
Originally
subsidized by LAMA, the newsletter was begun with the hope that 400
subscribers would be enlisted to cover expenses. Today we have 700; in the
future the newsletter will be available only to the members of Friends of
Libraries U.S.A.
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