University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The items in the Digital Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using outdated or biased language. The Library condemns discrimination and hatred on any grounds. As a research library that supports the mission and values of this land grant institution, it is incumbent upon the University Library to preserve, describe, and provide access to materials to accurately document our past, support learning about it, and effect change in the present. In accordance with the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read statement, we do not censor our materials or prevent patrons from accessing them.

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Public Relations Section Subject File (Digital Surrogates)

Digital copies of the subject files of the Library Leadership and Management Association Public Relations Section, contains correspondence relating to library publicity in national magazines, press releases for annual conferences (1953-56), the activities of the Public Relations Committee, Operation Library public relations campaigns and material relating to the motion picture Storm Center (1956), as well as issues of Public Relations (1988-89), conference agendas and minutes (1988-89), and photographs of LAMA/PRS at Dallas (1989).

This collection is managed by the American Library Association Archives and does not feature precise descriptive information for each item. Discover its contents by browsing the folders and files. For more information, contact an archivist at ala-archives@library.illinois.edu.