The West Virginia Library Association (WVLA) is a professional organization for
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
's
librarians
A librarian is a person who professionally works managing information. Librarians' common activities include providing access to information, conducting research, creating and managing information systems, creating, leading, and evaluating educat ...
and library workers. It is headquartered in
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. Located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Little Kanawha River, Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's List of municipalities in West Virginia ...
. It was founded on October 22, 1914, in Parkersburg, West Virginia at a meeting of the Federated Women's Clubs of West Virginia.
S. Scollay Page, the state federation chair of literature and library extensions, invited librarians statewide to attend the meeting.
The association was created and Page became its first president.
WVLA was established as a state non-profit in 1980.
The organization lobbied the state of West Virginia to create the West Virginia Library Commission, which was established in 1929 and facilitated the growth of public libraries in the state.
WVLA publishes ''West Virginia Libraries'' (ISSN 0043-3276).
References
External links
West Virginia Library Association websiteSoutheastern Library Association website
Library associations in the United States
Organizations based in West Virginia
History of West Virginia
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